2015-2016 Bay Area Christmas Bird Counts
The 116th annual Audubon Christmas bird count (CBC) season runs from
December 14, 2015 through January 5, 2016 (January 16 including CBCForKids dates)
Count participants follow assigned routes within a 15-mile-diameter circle, counting all birds they see or hear all day long. All birds are tallied in order to estimate the total number of birds in the circle on the count day. If observers live inside a CBC circle, they may count the birds at their feeders and submit those data to their compiler (prior arrangement with compilers required). CBCs are conducted on different days between December 14 and January 5 (inclusive) each season. Each count is restricted to one calendar day. Most counts end with a celebratory dinner afterwards. Count details for the most recent completed year are available at: http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count
There is no longer a $5.00 participation fee for CBCs (previously charged to offset the cost of tabulating and publishing count results by the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Count results are now published online. CBC4Kids events may require pre-registration and small participation fee (see below).
Information below is best available at time of writing, call ahead to confirm dates, times, places
Bay Area Christmas Bird Counts--Alphabetical
(listed again by date below)
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๏Angwin: (Napa County): January 1, 2016, Louise Vicencio, (707) 224-9386, Murray Berner, (707) 224-5897
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๏Año Nuevo Count (San Mateo County), January 2, 2016, Leslie Flint, coordinator (650) 573-6279, lflint@earthlink.net; Al DeMartini, compiler, al_demar@yahoo.com
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๏Benicia (Solano County): December 14, 2015, Robin Leong, robin_leong@netzero.net (707) 643-1287
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๏Calero-Morgan Hill (Santa Clara County): December 27, 2015, Covering southern Santa Clara County. The circle includes the Diablo Range foothills to portions of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Ann Verdi (408) 266-5108, wodu10@aol.com
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๏Clear Lake (Lake County): December 19, 2015, Darlene Hecomovich, (707) 928-5591, dheco@me.com
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๏Contra Costa County: December 19, 2015, Jimm Edgar, jedgar@ag70.younglife.org (510) 658-2330 and Maury Stern
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๏Crystal Springs Count (San Mateo), December 19, 2015, Leslie Flint, coordinator (650) 573-6279, lflint@earthlink.net; Al DeMartini, compiler, al_demar@yahoo.com
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๏Eastern Alameda County: December 18, 2015, Rich Cimino, (925) 353-0266, rscimino@gmail.com
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๏East Contra Costa County: December 16, 2015, Jimm Edgar, jedgar@ag70.younglife.org (510) 658-2330 and Maury Stern
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๏Fort Bragg, December 27, 2015, Mendocino County, Compiler: Tim Bray, Phone: (707) 937-4422
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๏Oakland: December 20, 2015, Dave Quady, davequady@att.net, (510) 704-9353, and Bob Lewis, Phone: (510) 845-5001
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๏Marin County: "Cheep Thrills CBC" December 17, 2015, Susan Kelly cheepthrillscbc@yahoo. com
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๏Marin County: Southern Marin CBC December 26, 2015, Ed Nute and Bob Hinz: smcbc.marinaudubon@gmail.com
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๏Mount Hamilton (Santa Clara County): December 28, 2015. Circle includes Mount Hamilton and the San Antonio Valley. Bob Hirt, (408) 821-2732.
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๏Palo Alto: December 21, 2015. Skyline Dr. to the bay in a circle centered near Stanford University. Al Eisner eisner@slac.stanford.edu
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๏Point Reyes Peninsula: December 19, 2015, John Longstreth, ptreyescbc@gmail.com, (415) 669-7514
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๏San Francisco: December 29, 2015, Golden Gate Audubon Society, (510) 843-2222, Dan Murphy and Alan Hopkins
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๏San Jose: December 20, 2015, Covering San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Alviso. Kirsten Holmquist, (408) 747-0988, kirsten.holmquist@comcast.net
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๏Santa Rosa: Sunday, December 20, 2015, Bill Doyle, 483-8773, bill.doyle@yahoo.com
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๏Sonoma Valley: December 30, 2015, Gene Hunn (707) 981-7301
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๏Western Sonoma County: Sunday, December 27, 2015, Gordon Beebe, gdbeebe@earthlink.net
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