Volunteers participate in annual Christmas bird count for 2016 - 2017
Volunteers participate in annual Christmas bird count for 2016 - 2017

Volunteers participate in annual Christmas bird count for ‘2016 – 2017’

The 117th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count is underway, and residents have a chance to volunteer to gather data about the health of regional birds.

In Canada, the counts are added to a database by Bird Studies Canada. In the U.S., the data is collected by the Audubon Society.

Started in 1900, the Christmas Bird Count is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science project. Counts happen in over 2000 localities throughout the Western Hemisphere.

The information collected by thousands of volunteer participants forms one of the world’s largest sets of wildlife survey data. The results are used daily by conservation biologists and naturalists to assess the population trends and distribution of birds.

Each Christmas Bird Count is conducted on a single day between December 14 and January 5. Counts are carried out within a 24-km diameter circle that stays the same from year to year. They are organized, usually as group efforts, at the local level, often by a birding club or naturalist organization.

Agencies/Canadajournal




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