Get Ready for the 2020 Christmas Bird Count!

Get Ready for the 2020 Christmas Bird Count!

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Golden Gate Bird Alliance is pleased to announce that our Christmas Bird Counts will take place this December. GGBA traditionally sponsors two counts — one centered around Oakland and one centered around San Francisco.

Spend a fun day outdoors with a team counting individual birds and species, and contributing to our understanding of bird populations. Both beginners and experienced birders welcome.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this year’s teams will be much smaller in number and will require social distancing, masks, and your own scopes and equipment. Our Oakland count will take place on Sunday, December 20, 2020. The San Francisco count will take place on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. We will not host our traditional in-person dinners, but we will host a final tally count via Zoom. 

Cedar Waxwing by Stan Lupo

Registration for the 2020 counts will open in early November.

To learn more about the counts, please go to our Christmas Bird Count page by clicking here. If you’d like to register to receive Christmas Bird Count email alerts, please email our Communications Manager, Melissa, at mramos@goldengatebirdalliance.org. You can also continue to check our website for more updates. …

2019 Christmas Bird Count

2019 Christmas Bird Count

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It’s Christmas Bird Count season!

Our Oakland CBC will take place on Sunday, December 15, 2019. Our San Francisco CBC will take place on Friday, December 27, 2019.

Spend a fun day outdoors with a team counting individual birds and species, and contributing to our understanding of bird populations. Both beginners and experienced birders welcome. Then gather with all the other participants to share results at a warm, festive Compilation Dinner.

Click here for details, a history of the count, and registration links!

Can’t spend the day in the field? Take part in the count from the comfort of your home as a Feeder Watcher, counting the birds at your feeder or in your yard.

The deadline to sign up for the Oakland CBC is Friday, November 29. The deadline for the SF count is Friday, December 13.

Registered participants: You should hear from your area leader during the week before your count. If you haven’t heard from her or him by 24 hours of your count date, email Ilana at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

News media: You’r invited to cover a count team in the field! Contact Ilana at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org or (510) 301-5573 to be connected with a team. Please contact us BEFORE count day if possible. since it will be hard tor each us on the day of the count.

Our Oakland count, now in its 79th year, mobilizes more people in the field than any other CBC in the world!

Click here for general information on the Christmas Bird Count, including information on the compilation dinner, volunteering, and being a Feeder Watcher.

Lunch break at Lake Temescal during 2015 Oakland count, by Ilana DeBareLunch break at Lake Temescal during 2015 Oakland count, by Ilana DeBare

Brown Pelican viewed by the 2015 Point Isabel count team, by Alan KrakauerBrown Pelican viewed by the 2015 Point Isabel count team, by Alan Krakauer…

Oakland’s 75th CBC – Final Results

Oakland’s 75th CBC – Final Results

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The final results of our 75th Oakland Christmas Bird Count are now available, including a comparison of this count with our first one in 1938!  You can download the narrative report by compilers Dave Quady and Bob Lewis and the tally of species found:

2015 Oakland CBC Report

2015 Oakland CBC Tally

Many thanks to Bob and Dave for organizing the count and producing this report… and to the dozens of area leaders and hundreds of participants who made it happen.

See you again in December 2016!

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Welcome to the 2015 Christmas Bird Count!

Welcome to the 2015 Christmas Bird Count!

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We’re looking forward to our 2015 Oakland and San Francisco Christmas Bird Counts! The Oakland count will take place on Sunday December 20, while the San Francisco count will be on Tuesday December 29.

Registration for both counts is now closed. If you signed up for the count, you will be contacted by your team leader during the week before your count.

Media: You’re invited to cover the Oakland or SF count! Contact Communications Director Ilana DeBare at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org or (510) 301-5573.

The CBC is a fun event for both beginning and experienced birders. This is the 116th year of this nationwide Audubon tradition. Enjoy a fun day of birding, while contributing to our understanding of bird populations through the largest and oldest citizen science project in the world. Then come share results at the festive compilation dinner after each count!

For information and registration for each count, see https://goldengatebirdalliance.org/birding-resources/christmas-bird-counts/.

NOTE: This year the Oakland count is looking to expand the number of people participating as feeder watchers. Do you have friends in the East Bay with backyard bird feeders? Click here for a flyer you can print and share with them about the count.

Counting on Bay Farm Island. Photo by Nancy Johnston.Counting on Bay Farm Island in 2014. Photo by Nancy Johnston.

Tallying totals at the 2014 Oakland count dinner / Photo by Ilana DeBareTallying totals at the 2014 Oakland count dinner / Photo by Ilana DeBare

 

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2014 Christmas Bird Counts

2014 Christmas Bird Counts

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Our 74th Oakland Christmas Bird Count took place on Sunday December 14: Read about it on our blog! The SF count will be on Tuesday December 30. Registration for the count is now closed, but we can still use a few more volunteers for the festive dinner after the San Francisco count on Tuesday evening December 30. Email nweeden@goldengatebirdalliance.org if you can volunteer, or click here for more information on the count and dinner.

If you’ve signed up for the count, you should be contacted by the team leader for your area sometime during the week before the count.

Now in its 115th year, the CBC is a classic Audubon tradition. It’s free! It’s fun! Plus the data on bird populations gathered by count participants is more important than ever. Scientists with National Audubon used CBC data as one of the key sources of information for their recent report on birds and climate change. Our efforts as citizen-scientists will provide a baseline and a way to track the effects of both climate change and conservation initiatives on Bay Area birds.

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