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Hyperlink on count names lead to photo pages which
are a hodgepodge taken by Alison Sheehey during the respective counts.
2007
Bakersfield
Bear Valley Springs Buena Vista
Butterbredt Spring
Kern River Valley
Tehachapi
Previous years
Red Rock
Springville South Fork Valley
Photos by
other photographers of rarities or on counts not attended by Ali welcome and
will be posted with citation.
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DECEMBER 14, 2008 - JANUARY 5, 2009
Participants
are typically assigned to teams based on their bird identification
skill level and endurance. A $5.00 participation fee defrays a portion
of the cost of tabulating and publishing the count results by National
Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Help is needed on many of
these counts, so find one that interests you and contact the compiler
for more information.
Too cold to
come out on a December or January day, compilers need help from
landowners for permission to access to your property, birders will not
trespass. How about keeping a list of birds that you see in your yard
on that day (be a “feeder watcher”), or you can join a team to cover a
territory near your home. (New birders are paired with veterans, so
you don’t have to be an expert.)
Beginners to
experts are welcome, maybe you know the area that a visiting birder
doesn't. If you’ve ever heard yourself say, “Maybe it’d be fun to
learn birds,” here’s a great opportunity. Call the contacts listed
below to participate at any level.
SUNDAY, December 14,
2008
China Lake, Kern County:
Compiler: Pete Woodman - year began 1957
SATURDAY, December 20,
2008
Butterbredt, Kern County:
Compiler: Charles Bragg
- year began 1977
Lancaster, Los Angeles &
Kern County: Compilers:
Nick & Mary Freeman
SATURDAY, December 27,
2008
Carrizo Plains, Kern &
San Luis Obispo Counties: Compiler Roger Zachary
- year began 1971
SATURDAY, January 3,
2009
South Fork Valley, Kern
County: Compiler Denise LaBerteaux
- year began 1992
SUNDAY, January 4,
2009
Kern River Valley, Kern
County: Compiler: Alison Sheehey
- year began 1979
Date to be
determined
Bakersfield, Kern County: Compiler:
John Wilson - year began 1949 held in 1950 resumed in 1973
Buena Vista, Kern
County: Compiler: Alison Sheehey
- year began 1989
Tehachapi, Kern County: Compiler: Jean Moore
- year began 1992
Bear Valley Springs, Kern County: Compiler:
Jean Moore - year began
1995
Discontinued Kern County Counts
Granite- Woody
- year began 1971 held through 1996
Mount Pinos -
held 1967-68
Oildale - Poso - held
1972
Red Rock
Canyon - year began 1998 through 2004
Taft-Maricopa - held
1969 through 1972
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