125th Annual Christmas Bird Count

Here is the schedule for the 125th Annual Christmas Bird Count for New York City and surrounding area. The Christmas Count has little to do with the holiday and everything to do with conservation. It began as a protest against the annual Christmas "Side Hunt". It is now a yearly event where thousands of volunteers throughout the Western Hemisphere count birds to provide population data for science. You can read more about it here.

I've been covering the extensive habitats at Floyd Bennett Field and surrounding area for 23 years, the last 7 of which I've been the team leader.

If you'd like to get involved, contact one of the coordinators from the area close to you.

Count Code Count Name Contact Email Phone Saturday, December 14, 2024 NYBR Brooklyn L.I. Bobbi Manian roberta.manian@gmail.com 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 15, 2024 NYCA Captree L.I. Brent Bomkamp or Taylor Sturm bbomkamp@gmail.com or tsturm@gmail.com NJLH Lower Hudson NJ/NY Katherine Chen christmasbirdcount@nycaudubon.org NYOS Oswego-Fulton Bill Purcell wpurcell@twcny.rr.com 315-382-2871 NYQU Queens County Corey Finger 10000birdsblogger@gmail.com NYQW Quogue-Water Mill L.I. Steven Biasetti sbiasetti@eastendenvironment.org 631-219-5518 NYRC Rockland County Alan Wells alan.wells@optimum.net 845-942-5751 Monday, December 16, 2024 NYSC Southern Columbia County Frank Smith fsmith140@gmail.com 917-254-1237 Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Saturday, December 21, 2024 NYDC Dutchess County Debbie van Zyl cbc1@watermanbirdclub.org Sunday, December 22, 2024 NYBW Bronx-Westchester Region Michael Bochnik BochnikM@cs.com Tuesday, December 24, 2024 Wednesday, December 25, 2024 Thursday, December 26, 2024 Saturday, December 28, 2024 NYPC Putnam County Charlie Roberto chasrob26@gmail.com 845-270-2979 NYUD Ulster/Dutchess Mark DeDea forsythnature@aol.com Sunday, December 29, 2024 Wednesday, January 1, 2025 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 Thursday, January 2, 2025 Saturday, January 4, 2025 NYSN Southern Nassau County L.I. Shai Mitra email Shaibal.Mitra@csi.cuny.edu OR gelochelidon@gmail.com