124th Annual Christmas Bird Count

Below is the schedule for this year's Christmas Bird Count for the NYC and surrounding area. If you are unfamiliar with the CBC, it began as a protest to the barbaric tradition of teams going out and killing as many birds as possible on Christmas Day. The Audubon Society has a page that explains everything you'd want to know about what has become the largest wildlife survey on the planet. What is the Christmas Bird Count?

If you'd like to participate, just contact the coordinator for your area.

Count Code Count Name Contact Email Phone Saturday, December 16, 2023 NYBR Brooklyn Bobbi Manian roberta.manian@gmail.com NYDC Dutchess County Adrienne Popko cbc1@watermanbirdclub.org NYML Mohonk Lake-Ashokan Res. Steve M. Chorvas schorvas@gmail.com 845-246-5900 NYNN North Nassau Jennifer Wilson Pines jwpines@gmail.com NYOT Oneonta Sandy Bright brights@hartwick.edu NYPE Peekskill Michael Newhouse Michael.Newhouse@wsp.com Sunday, December 17, 2023 NYCA Captree L.I. Taylor Sturm tjsturm@gmail.com 516-375-5246 NJLH Lower Hudson NJ/NY Katherine Chen christmasbirdcount@nycaudubon.org NYND Northern Dutchess John Askildsen askildsen@verizon.net NYOS Oswego-Fulton Bill Purcell wpurcell@twcny.rr.com 315-382-2871 NYQW Quogue-Water Mill L.I. Steven Biasetti sbiasetti@eastendenvironment.org 631-219-5518 NYQU Queens County Corey Finger 10000birdsblogger@gmail.com NYRC Rockland County Alan Wells alan.wells@optimum.net 845-942-5751 Monday, December 18, 2023 Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Saturday, December 23, 2023 NYBW Bronx-Westchester Region Michael Bochnik BochnikM@cs.com Tuesday, December 26, 2023 Wednesday, December 27, 2023 NYCS Central Suffolk County L.I. Eileen Schwinn beachmed@optonline.net NYUD Ulster/Dutchess Mark DeDea forsythnature@aol.com Thursday, December 28, 2023 Saturday, December 30, 2023 NYSN Southern Nassau County L.I. Pat Lindsay gelochelidon@gmail.com Sunday, December 31, 2023 Monday, January 1, 2024 NYOD Oneida Bill Purcell wpurcell@twcny.rr.com 315-382-2871 NYHV Pawling (Hidden Valley) CT: Angela Dimmitt NY: Carena Pooth CT: angeladimmitt@aol.com NY: pawlingcbc@watermanbirdclub.org CT: 860-355-3429 Tuesday, January 2, 2024 NYPC Putnam County Charlie Roberto< chasrob26@gmail.com 845-270-2979