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119th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), by Carolyn Vance

Join El Dorado Audubon on Saturday, December 15th for the 119th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC)!

Started in 1900 by ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, an early officer of the National Audubon Society, he got 27 of his birding friends to go out and count birds, instead of shooting them as was the custom back then.  That first CBC netted 90 species and 25 Count Circles.  The 117th Count had 2,536 Count Circles and 73,153 participants in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.  This is the longest running citizen science survey in the world!

If you have participated in CBC with El Dorado Audubon in the past, you should have received our reminder card.  If you haven’t, you can pick one up at our General Meeting.  Donna Bray will be making assignments for us this year.  Please let her know if you want a specific area.  Her contact information is 562-743-6399 (cell) or 562-863-7617. I will be doing the tallying again this year.

If Donna Bray hasn’t preassigned you an area, meet me (Carolyn Vance) at the south end of the El Dorado Branch Public Library on Studebaker no later than 7:30 a.m. to get Count Sheets and Assignments.  Don’t forget your binoculars, spotting scopes (if you have one), field guide, pen/pencil, hat, water, Thomas Bros. map or GPS.  We count rain or shine.   We also need people to count at their feeders. 

Afterwards, we meet at Glory Days Beachside, 620 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach, starting at 4:30 p.m. for dinner and recap.  You may turn your Count Sheets to me then.  If you submit you records through eBird, please share your list with me at drabduck@yahoo.com and mark it as El Dorado’s CBC.  All data, whether physical Count Sheets or shared eBird records, need to be to me no later than Friday, December 21st.  If you need my address to snail mail sheets to me, email me or call 562-594-7589.

When you get to Glory Days Beachside, go in the door (on the side of the building) and turn left.  Go into the room at the end.  They have servers who will come in and take our orders, deliver it to us and a full bar.  The menu has a large selection of items.  I should (hopefully!) be there already.  CBC is great fun and you’ll be hooked on it once you do it.  Thank you for your help this year!

Post photo credit:  Cindy Crawford (photo taken at a past CBC)

118th Annual Christmas Bird Count

Please join the El Dorado Audubon Society for this year’s Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 16th, 2017, from 7:30am to 4pm. For those of you who wish to participate but do not yet have an assignment, please meet me (Cindy Dunbar) and Carolyn Vance at the El Dorado Branch Library, Spring and Studebaker, Long Beach, at 7:30am on December 16th. After the count or at approximately 4:30pm, we will meet at Glory Days Beachside Restaurant, 620 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach for dinner and a recap of the day’s event. We’re looking forward to another great year! — Cindy Dunbar

For more details please see http://eldoradoaudubon.org/event/christmas-bird-count/

Christmas Bird Count

It’s that time once again for all birders, young and old, experienced and newcomers, to help the El Dorado Audubon Society with the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This is a great time of year to gather as a group with one common goal and that is to count birds.

Meet at the South end of the El Dorado Branch Library parking lot, 2900 Studebaker Road, Long Beach at 7:30 a.m. on December 16th if you don’t already have a pre-assigned location. Don’t forget to bring binoculars, field guide and spotting scope if you have one. Also bring water, snacks and appropriate clothing for the weather as we count birds, rain or shine. Count sheets will be provided, and we will train you on how to use them if you don’t know already. All count sheets need to be turned in to Cindy no later than Friday December 22nd or you can turn them in at the dinner on the day of the count.

After the count or at approximately 4:30 p.m., we will meet at Glory Days Beachside Restaurant, 620 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach for dinner and a recap of the day’s event and collection of any count sheets should you choose to turn in on the day of the event.

Any questions or to sign up for CBC, please call Cindy at 562.331.1163.

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