Christmas Bird Count

In September of 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by two powerful hurricanes:  it was grazed by Irma and then clobbered…

Eight days ago, on Sunday, 16 December, a whole big bunch of intrepid birders headed out across my fine home…

This was my fifth year serving as compiler of the Queens County Christmas Bird Count. This year’s count was on…

The 117th Audubon Christmas Bird Count began yesterday and runs through January 5th. The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a…

The Christmas Count season has begun! For us birders who partake, this is a big deal. You see, we don’t…

Yesterday, Sunday, 20 December, was the 2015 Queens County Christmas Bird Count. With the mild weather we had been experiencing…

If there was such a thing as a birder holiday, the peak of spring migration would be the high point…

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is run by the National Audubon Society in partnership with Bird Studies Canada, the…

I have participated in something like twenty Christmas Bird Counts since I started birding in 2005. My first count was…

An itinerant lifestyle, while wonderful in some regards, does not lend itself to forming certain connections. While I enjoy birding…