CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: December 28, 2024
Since 1900, tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas brave snow, wind, rain, or sunshine to collect data used to assess populations, and guide conservation action.
The SEVAS Christmas Bird Count is an important citizen science conservation opportunity. We hope you will join us for a fun way to literally make your birds count. Newbies are invited! We are readying our teams, and everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level.
We compile our data with eBird, and will share stories about our day at the eatery at 5PM.
Don’t use eBird? You can still participate by emailing a yardbird list and we can submit it on your behalf. If you can’t bird with us, you can share your eBird lists from the day with the username: sevasbirdlist.
If you would like to count your feeder birds, and your location is within the SEVAS 16-mile count circle, you can email it or submit an eBird list and share it with sevasbirdlist.
At 5PM the after party starts at a local pub. We gather for a no-host dinner to laugh, mix, and talk species totals.
Look for CBC results in the January issue of The Skimmer. After the data is compiled, Audubon and other organizations use it to assess the health of bird populations and to inform conservation planning and action.
Jenifer Russell is our compiler this year, so sign up to become part of our count! For more info, email Jenifer at petdocmd@yahoo.com or contact us at info.sevasnsb@gmail.com.