2011/12 Schedule of California Christmas Bird Counts

Schedule of 2011/12 and recap of 2010/11

California Christmas Bird Counts

DECEMBER 14, 2011 - JANUARY 5, 2012

Today's Date:

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. Many counts are weather permitting so make sure you contact your compiler to verify that the count hasn't been postponed.

Compilers please send me your date as soon as you know it. Email (I erase the date each year and start fresh)

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Schedule of Kern County Christmas Bird Counts

Google Map of California Christmas Bird Count circle centers see small version below the alphabetical list.

Alphabetical Listing

For final count details visit: http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count

RESULTS - preliminary

CBC Name (count code)

11/12

DATE

11/12

Participants

11/12

# Species

American Valley (CAAV)

17 Dec 11

Anderson (CAAD)

20 Dec 11

Angwin (CAAG)

1 Jan 12

Año Nuevo (CAAN)

31 Dec 11

Anza-Borrego Desert (CAAB)

18 Dec 11

Arcata (CAAR)

17 Dec 11

Ash Meadows (NVAM)

16 Dec 11

Auburn (CAAA)

17 Dec 11

Bakersfield (CABA)

14 Dec 11

136

Bear Valley Springs (CABR)

21 Dec 11

Benicia (CABE)

19 Dec 11

Big Sur (CABG)

18 Dec 11

Bill Williams Delta (AZBW)

28 Dec 11

Bishop (CABI)

17 Dec 11

Buena Vista (CABV)

16 Dec 11

132

Butterbredt Spring (CABS)

17 Dec 11

Cachuma (CACU)

27 Dec 11

Calaveras (CACA)

7 Jan 12

Calero-Morgan Hill (CACR)

30 Dec 11

Carpinteria (CACN)

18 Dec 11

Carrizo Plain (CACP)

31 Dec 11

Caswell-Westley (CACW)

29 Dec 11

Centerville Beach to King Salmon (CACB)

1 Jan 12

Cheep Thrills (N. Marin) (new)

15 Dec 11

Chico (CACO)

17 Dec 11

China Lake (CACH)

18 Dec 11

China Ranch (new)

18 Dec 11

Claremont (CACM) Pomona Valley AS

17 Dec 11

Clear Lake (CACL)

17 Dec 11

Contra Costa County (CACC)

17 Dec 11

Crystal Springs (CACS)

17 Dec 11

Death Valley (CADV)

17 Dec 11

Del Norte County (CADN)

18 Dec 11

Diamond Valley (CADM)

17 Dec 11

Eagle Lake (CAEA)

15 Dec 11

East Contra Costa County (CAEC)

20 Dec 11

Eastern Alameda County (CAEA)

16 Dec 11

Elsinore (CAEN)

31 Dec 11

Escondido (CAES)

31 Dec 11

Etna (CAET)

2 Jan 12

Fall River Mills (CAFR)

17 Dec 11

Folsom (CAFO)

26 Dec 11

Fort Bragg (new)

2 Jan 12

Grass Valley (CAGV)

31 Dec 11

Groveland (CAGR)

15 Dec 11

Havasu NWR (AZHV)

29 Dec 11

Hayward-Fremont (CAHF)

18 Dec 11

Honey Lake (CAHL)

20 Dec 11

Idyllwild (CAID)

18 Dec 11

Joshua Tree N.P. (CAJT)

2 Jan 12

Kaweah (CAKA)

18 Dec 11

Kern River Valley (CAKR)

1 Jan 12

La Purisima (CALU)

18 Dec 11

LaGrange-Waterford (CALW)

17 Dec 11

Lake Almanor (CALR)

14 Dec 11

Lake Henshaw (CALH)

19 Dec 11

Lancaster (CALN)

17 Dec 11

Lincoln (CALC)

28 Dec 11

Long Beach-El Dorado (CALB)

26 Dec 11

Los Angeles (CALA)

2 Jan 12

Los Banos (CALS)

26 Dec 11

Lost Lake/Fresno (CALL)

27 Dec 11

Malibu (CAMU)

18 Dec 11

Marin County (southern) (CAMC)

31 Dec 11

Mariposa (new)

14 Dec 11

Marysville (CAMA)

15 Dec 11

133

Mendocino Coast (CAMN)

30 Dec 11

Merced NWR (CAMW)

2 Jan 12

Mineral (CAMI)

14 Dec 11

Mojave River Valley (CAMJ)

24 Dec 11

Mono Lake (CAML)

27 Dec 11

Monterey Peninsula (CAMP)

27 Dec 11

Morongo Valley (CAMV)

17 Dec 11

Morro Bay (CAMR)

17 Dec 11

Moss Landing (CAMD)

1 Jan 12

Mount Hamilton (CAMH)

2 Jan 12

Mount Shasta (CAMS)

17 Dec 11

Oakland (CAOA)

18 Dec 11

Oceanside-Vista-Carlsbad (CAOV)

26 Dec 11

Orange County (coastal) (CAOC)

1 Jan 12

Orange County (inland) (CAON)

18 Dec 11

Oroville (CAOR)

1 Jan 12

Palo Alto (CAPA)

19 Dec 11

Palos Verdes Peninsula (CAPP)

26 Dec 11

Panoche Valley (CAPN)

3 Jan 12

Pasadena – San Gabriel Valley (CAPS)

17 Dec 11

Peace Valley (CAPV)

20 Dec 11

Pinnacles NM (CAPI)

2 Jan 12

Point Reyes Peninsula (CAPR)

17 Dec 11

Putah Creek (CAPC)

18 Dec 11

Rancho Santa Fe (CARS)

2 Jan 12

Red Bluff (CARB)

18 Dec 11

Redding (CARE)

27 Dec 11

Redlands (Mill Creek) (CARM)

17 Dec 11

Rio Cosumnes (CARC)

3 Jan 11

Sacramento (CASM)

31 Dec 11

Salton Sea (north) (CASH)

2 Jan 12

Salton Sea (south) (CASS)

20 Dec 11

San Bernardino Valley (CASO)

23 Dec 11

San Diego (CASD)

17 Dec 11

San Fernando Valley (CASV)

18 Dec 11

San Francisco (CASF)

27 Dec 11

San Jacinto Lake (CASL)

20 Dec 11

San Jose (CASJ)

18 Dec 11

San Juan Capistrano (CASU)

17 Dec 11

Santa Ana River Valley (CASA)

18 Dec 11

Santa Barbara (CASB)

31 Dec 11

Santa Clarita (CACI)

27 Dec 11

Santa Cruz County (CASC)

17 Dec 11

Santa Cruz Island (CACZ)

19 Dec 11

Santa Maria-Guadalupe (CASG)

23 Dec 11

Santa Rosa (CASR)

18 Dec 11

Sequoia NP (CASQ)

18 Dec 11

Shoshone-Tecopa (trial run)

18 Dec 11

Sierra Valley (CASY)

15 Dec 11

Sonoma Valley (CASZ)

30 Dec 11

Sonora (CASN)

17 Dec 11

South Fork Valley (CASK)

31 Dec 11

South Lake Tahoe (CASE)

16 Dec 11

Springville (CASP)

17 Dec 11

Stockton (CAST)

18 Dec 11

Tall Trees (CATT)

4 Jan 12

Tehachapi (CATE)

20 Dec 11

Tejon Ranch (CATJ)

15 Dec 11

Thousand Oaks (CATO)

30 Dec 11

Tule Lake (CATL)

2 Jan 12

Ukiah (CAUK)

17 Dec 11

Ventura (CAVE)

17 Dec 11

Wallace-Bellota (CAWB)

31 Dec 11

Western Sonoma County (CAWS)

1 Jan 12

Willow Creek (CAWC)

23 Dec 11

Woodfords (CAWO)

17 Dec 11

Yosemite NP (CAYO)

18 Dec 11

Yreka (CAYR)

15 Dec 11

Yuma (Martinez Lake) (AZMY)

31 Dec 11

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2011/2012 Highlights

How many CA CBCs were there in 2011/12 = 134 scheduled

Did the # go up or down or stay the same? 10/11 = 130 up

New counts: Cheep Thrills, China Ranch, Fort Bragg, Mariposa, Shoshone-Tecopa, Tall Trees

Discontinued counts:

California Counts with between 50-100 participants?

California Counts with more than 100 participants?

Highest Number of Participants?

Lowest Number of Participants?

California Counts with less than 100 species?

California Counts with at least 100 but less than 200 species?

California Counts with more than 200 species?

Highest Species Count Circle?

Lowest Species Count Circle?

Nice birds: Common Redpoll - Fall River Mills CBC, Northern Waterthrush - Auburn CBC,

2010/2011 Highlights

How many CA CBCs were there in 2010/11 = 130 scheduled (only 122 reported)

Did the # go up or down or stay the same? 09/10 = 129 up

New counts: Fort Bragg, Mariposa (both unofficial)

Discontinued counts: Milburn-Fresno

California Counts with between 50-100 participants? 29

California Counts with more than 100 participants? 10

Highest Number of Participants? Santa Barbara 199

Lowest Number of Participants? Death Valley 5

California Counts with less than 100 species? 29

California Counts with at least 100 but less than 200 species? 91

California Counts with more than 200 species? San Diego 220, Santa Barbara 211

Highest Species Count Circle? San Diego 220

Lowest Species Count Circle? Mineral 18

Nice birds: Dickcissel, Death Valley

2009/2010 Highlights

How many CA CBCs were there in 2009/10 = 129 scheduled

Did the # go up or down or stay the same? 08/09 = 124 up

New counts: American Valley, Carpinteria, Eastern Alameda County

Restarted counts: Elsinore, Red Bluff

California Counts with between 50-100 participants? 35

California Counts with more than 100 participants? 11

Highest Number of Participants? 220 Santa Barbara

Lowest Number of Participants? 5 Diamond Valley

California Counts with less than 100 species? 28

California Counts with at least 100 but less than 200 species? 90

California Counts with more than 200 species? 5

Highest Species Count Circle? 216 Santa Barbara

Lowest Species Count Circle? 24 Mineral

Nice birds: Five species of Thrasher seen by one team on the Buena Vista CBC

2008/2009 Highlights

How many CA CBCs were there in 2008/09? = 124 scheduled

Did the # go up or down or stay the same? 07/08 = 120 up

New counts: Tejon

California Counts with between 50-100 participants? 30

California Counts with more than 100 participants? 10

Highest Number of Participants? 209 Santa Barbara

Lowest Number of Participants? 5 Mineral

California Counts with less than 100 species? 28

California Counts with at least 100 but less than 200 species? 87

California Counts with more than 200 species? Coastal Orange County 202, San Diego 207, Santa Barbara 209

Highest Species Count Circle? 209 Santa Barbara

Lowest Species Count Circle? 29 Mineral

Highest temp? 80ºF San Juan Capistrano

Lowest temp? -18ºF Sierra Valley... brrrrr...

Most expanded range? Eurasian Collared Dove

Best Bird? Lesser Black-backed Gull - Buena Vista CBC

Most irruptive species? Varied Thrush

Schedule by Date

December 14, 2011 - January 5, 2012

MONDAY, December 19, 2011

Benicia, Solano County: Compiler: Tim Fitzer, Phone: (916) 870-5207 or Compiler: Robin Leong, Phone: (707) 643-1287

Lake Henshaw, San Diego County: Compiler: Gretchen Cummings

Palo Alto, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Compiler: Al Eisner, Coordinator: Jack Cole, Phone: (408) 996-0434

Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County: counter quota full - by invitation only

TUESDAY, December 20, 2011

Anderson River Park, Shasta County: Compiler: Rob Santry, Phone: (530) 365-8217

East Contra Costa County: Compilers: Jimm Edgar & Maury Stern, Phone: (510) 658-2330

Honey Lake, Lassen County: Compiler: Tim Manolis, Phone: (916) 485-9009

Peace Valley, Sutter/Butte Counties, Compilers: Bruce Deuel, Phone: (530) 527-9071 and Pete Sands, Phone: (530) 846-5142. Meet at Gridley Grill, 6:30 a.m.

Salton Sea South, Imperial County: Compiler: Oscar Johnson, Phone: (805) 276-8878

San Jacinto Lake, Riverside County: Compilers: Tony Metcalf, Phone: (951) 242-7038, Tom Benson, Phone: (909) 648-0899

Tehachapi, Kern County: Compiler: Larry Parmeter, Phone: (559) 276-8753

WEDNESDAY, December 21, 2011

Bear Valley Springs, Kern County: Compiler: Alison Sheehey, Phone: 760-378-2029 - Please register online then email compiler

THURSDAY, December 22, 2011

no counts currently scheduled

FRIDAY, December 23, 2011

San Bernardino Valley, San Bernardino County: Compiler: Dori Myers, Phone: (714) 779-2201

Santa Maria-Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County: Compiler: Alex Abela, Phone: (805) 934-2873

Willow Creek, Humboldt & Trinity Counties: Compiler: Gary Lester, Phone: (707) 839-3373

SATURDAY, December 24, 2011

Mojave River Valley, San Bernardino County: Compiler: Steve Myers: Phone: (760) 843-4009 (H) or (909) 369-8060 (W)

SUNDAY, December 25, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MONDAY, December 26, 2011

Folsom, Sacramento, El Dorado, and Placer Counties: Compiler: Chris Conard, Phone: (916) 203-1610

Long Beach-El Dorado Audubon, Los Angeles County: Co-chair: Donna Bray, Phone: (562) 743-6399

Los Banos, Merced County: Compiler: Harold Reeve, Phone: (209) 538-0885, Coordinator: John Fulton, Phone: (209) 826-1101

Oceanside, San Diego County: Compiler: Terry Hunefeld

Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Dave Moody: Phone: (310) 803-0396 or Coordinator: Ann Brooks, Phone: (323) 295-6688 (h), (310) 913-2798 (c)

TUESDAY, December 27, 2011

Cachuma, Santa Barbara County: Compiler: Alex Abela, Coordinator: Mark Holmgren

Lost Lake, Fresno County: Compiler Kevin Enns-Rempel, Phone: (559) 237-7260

Mono Lake, Mono County: Compiler: Kristie Nelson, Phone: (760) 709-1670

Monterey Peninsula, Monterey County: Compiler: Blake Matheson, Phone: (831) 596-9990

Redding, Shasta County: Compiler: Bill Oliver, Phone: (530) 941-7741

San Francisco, San Francisco County, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Phone: (510) 843-2222; Compilers Dan Murphy and Alan Hopkins, Email: sfbirdcount@yahoo.com

Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Dan Cooper

WEDNESDAY, December 28, 2011

Bill Williams Delta, La Paz and Mohave Counties, AZ & San Bernardino County, CA: Compiler: Kathleen Blair, Phone: (928) 667-4144 x12

Lincoln, Placer County: Compiler: Ed Pandolfino

THURSDAY, December 29, 2011

Caswell-Westley, San Joaquin/Stanislaus Counties: Compiler: Harold Reeve, Phone: (209) 538-0885

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, Mohave County, AZ & San Bernardino County, CA: Compiler: DeeDee DeLorenzo

FRIDAY, December 30, 2011

Calero-Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County: Compiler: Ann Verdi, Phone: (408) 266-5108

Mendocino Coast, Mendocino County: Compiler: David Jensen, Phone: 707-964-8163

Sonoma Valley: Compilers: Tom Rusert & Darren Peterie, Phone: (707) 939-8007

Thousand Oaks, Ventura County: Compiler: David Pereksta, Phone: (805) 659-5740

SATURDAY, December 31, 2011

Año Nuevo, San Mateo & Santa Cruz Counties: Coordinator: Leslie Flint, Phone: (650) 573-6279, Compiler: Al DeMartini

Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, Compiler Roger Zachary, Phone (805) 466-6222

Elsinore, Riverside County: Compiler: Julie Szabo, Phone: (951) 678-8138

Escondido, San Diego County County: Compiler: Ken Weaver, Phone: (760) 723-2448

Grass Valley, Nevada County; Compiler: Rudy Darling, Phone: (530) 272-6504

Marin (Southern), Marin County: Compilers: Mark Forney, Phone: (415) 847-2837 and Susan Kelly, Phone: (415) 497-4240 email

Sacramento, Sacramento County: Compiler: Mark Cudney, Phone: (916) 987-2422

Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co. Compiler: Rebecca Coulter, 805-455-7040; rfcsb@cox.net Coordinator: Joan Murdoch Phone: (805) 969-5132

South Fork Valley, Kern County: Compiler Denise LaBerteaux, Phone: (760) 378-4278

Wallace-Bellota, San Joaquin/Calaveras Counties: Compiler: Steve Stocking, Coordinator: Kasey Foley

Yuma (Martinez Lake), Yuma County AZ & Imperial County CA: Compiler: Henry Detwiler, Phone: (928) 210-6474

SUNDAY, January 1, 2012

Angwin, Napa County: Contact: Louise Vicencio, (707) 224-9386 or Compiler: Murray Berner, Phone: (707) 224-5897

Centerville Beach to King Salmon, Humboldt County: Compiler: Gary Lester, Phone: (707) 839-3373

Kern River Valley, Kern County: Compiler: Alison Sheehey, Phone: 760-417-0268 Housing available bring sleeping bag.

Moss Landing, Santa Cruz/Monterey (with a little bit of San Benito thrown in too!) Counties: Compilers: Bob & Bernadette Ramer, Phone: (831) 426-7342

Orange County (Coastal): Sea & Sage Audubon. Compiler: Steve Alter

Oroville, Butte County: Compiler: Gaylord Grams, Phone: (530) 533-1624

Western Sonoma County, Sonoma County: Compiler: Veronica Bowers: Phone: (707) 829-2955

MONDAY, January 2, 2012

Etna, Siskiyou County: Compiler: Mike Taylor, Phone: (530) 467-3273

Fort Bragg (new-trial run), Mendocino County, Compilers: Richard Hubacek, Phone: (707) 937-4050 and Dorothy Tobkin, Phone: (707) 964-6216.

Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties: Compiler: Joe Zarki (760) 367-5520 (w) or (760) 366-8913 (h)

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County: Compiler: Dan Cooper

Merced NWR, Merced County: Compiler: Larry Parmeter, Phone: (559) 276-8753

Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County: Compiler: Bob Hirt, Phone: (408) 821-2732

Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito/Monterey Counties: Compilers: Steve Lombardi, Phone: (925) 735-8332 and Rusty Scalf, Phone: (510) 666-9936

Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County: Compiler: Robert Patton, Phone: (858) 560-0923

Salton Sea - North, Riverside County: Compiler: Chet McGaugh, Phone: (951) 781-3699 (H) or (909) 369-8060 (W)

Tule Lake, Siskiyou County: Compiler: Kevin Spencer, Phone: 541-884-5739

TUESDAY, January 3, 2012

Panoche Valley, San Benito/Fresno Counties: Compiler: Clay Kempf, Phone: (831) 761-8260

Rio Cosumnes, Sacramento County: Compiler: Andrew Engilis, Jr., Phone: (530) 902-1881

WEDNESDAY, January 4, 2012

Tall Trees, Humboldt County: Ken Burton, Phone: (707) 499-1146

THURSDAY, January 5, 2012

no counts currently scheduled

OUTSIDE OF COUNT PERIOD

SATURDAY, January 7, 2012

Calaveras, Calaveras County: Compiler: Barry Boulton, Phone: (209) 795-8225

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