110^th Christmas Bird Count

Set for Sunday, December 20

Join a team by contacting a team leader or Fran & Paul Didier for assignment

The Grand Junction Christmas Bird Count will take place on Sunday, December 20, 2009.  Birders at every level of expertise can make meaningful contributions to this count, so everyone is invited to join in.  Each party will have at least one experienced birder who will be able to identify every species encountered, but every extra pair of eyes means that more birds will be spotted and tallied.  This count provides excellent practice for beginners because it requires lots of repetitions identifying the more common birds. 

Participation in sanctioned national Audubon Society Bird Counts requires a $5 fee.  Although more than 50,000 participants from every state, every Canadian province, and a number of Central and South American countries and Pacific and West Indian islands, will pay this fee this year, the fees cover only 1/3 of the total Audubon investment of more than $700,000 in the annual Christmas Bird Count.  The difference is made up from grants.  The count has become a major source of data for monitoring the status of many North American bird populations.  Count results from the year 1900 through the present are available through Audubon’s website <http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/>, and are also available at BirdSource <www.birdsource.org>, a collaborative project of Audubon and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.  Please join one of the teams.  Contact an area leader to find out when and where to meet.

110th Christmas Bird Count

2009 Area Leaders