Christmas Bird Count: Join the Effort to Survey Winter Birds in Auburn

Saturday, December 14

You can be a citizen scientist on Saturday, December 14th, and help contribute data to the Auburn Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The CBC has taken place in Auburn since 1993 and helps scientists to understand winter bird populations overtime in both Auburn and throughout the Americas. It is part of a larger project, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, which began on Christmas Day in 1900.

Help us contribute to over 100 years of data!

The count takes place in the map above on Saturday, December 14. From midnight to midnight you can count any birds you see or hear. Please send in the following data to our Curator of Birds, Dr. Geoffery Hill, hillgee@auburn.edu.

Send in your data

  • Location – use your phone’s GPS for the most accurate location 
  • Bird species and number of individuals observed  
  • Hours birding from car and miles driven (daylight) 
  • Hours birding on foot and distance walked (daylight) 
  • Hours birding in the dark for owls and distance traveled 
  • Hours watching a feeder 

Learn more about the Auburn CBC – including tips and tricks in bird identification, get the Auburn CBC List, and local places to make your observations!

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