This years CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT falls on December 14th (Saturday). My area i always cover is the south Prospect Park area. (Paul Keim covers North Prospect)
If you are interested in being on my team that I will cap at 12 with at least two good sharp eyed birders, send me word.
Prosbird@aol.com
If you desire to participate in the Kings county birding, as there are 10 other teams, contact CBC Coordinator / organizer Bobbi Manian. See detail below.
120TH KINGS COUNTY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
DECEMBER 14
The great annual winter event that champions citizen science. It is the longest voluntary bird census on the North American continent. Started in 1909 as a protest against the “holiday side hunts” for the largest kill collection by hunters, ornithologist Frank K. Chapman organized the census with twenty-seven of his friends and volunteers to count birds; twenty-five Christmas Bird Counts were held that day, tallying 90 species and garnering much media attention. Since then the Christmas Bird Count has become a best loved event, encompassing tens of thousands of birders of all skill levels, going out in all sorts of weather to count birds to the great benefit of science.
Please contact the teams organizer, Bobbi Manian, if you would like to join in.
Compilers: Chris Laskowski celaskowski@yahoo.com ; Mike Yuan mjyuan@gmail.com; assisted by Paul Keim
Teams organizer: Bobbi Manian, email roberta.manian@gmail.com
Dinner Venue: Pot-luck dinner is held for participants at the Prospect Park Boathouse.