Count Birds at Home for the CBC

Count Birds at Home for the CBC

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) Feeder Watch program is the fast-growing part of the annual Christmas Bird Count. Thousands of people watch birds in their yards and at their feeders and now they are joining to count birds for the CBC.

We invite you to join them and count birds for this year’s CBC on Saturday, December 20.

By volunteering to count birds in your yard whether you have a feeder or not, you will contribute to the science of tracking the birds in our community and we need the data.

Registration for the CBC Feeder Watch Program is open and will close on December 13. To register, first you must check if you living within the CBC Count Circle. This is a 15-mile radius centered on Beaver Lake in Sammamish. You can check if you (or a friend!) live within the counter circle using this interactive map.

HERE IS WHAT TO DO

During a two-hour period when you know birds will be present at your feeders, watch and count which birds visit your backyard. We will provide a tally sheet and further instructions. All you need to do is spot and identify birds! Once you have the bird totals you send the tally sheet back to us and we do the rest, and we add your bird totals to the birds the field teams find as they scour parks and the lakeshore for birds during the day. It’s easy and it’s fun and your data is important.

If you have any questions or would like further information on the Feeder Watch program, contact CBC compiler Andy McCormick at amccormick@eastsideaudubon.org

Please visit our CBC page to learn more about being a Feeder Watcher or joining a Field Team!