GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT 2012
February 17-20, 2012
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!
1. Plan to count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count. You can count for longer than that if you wish! Count birds in as many places and on as many days as you like—one day, two days, or all four days. Submit a separate checklist for each new day. You can also submit more than one checklist per day if you count in other locations on that day.
2. Count the greatest number of individuals of each species that you see together at any one time. You may find it helpful to print out your check list to get an idea of the kinds of birds you're likely to see in your area in February. You could take note of the highest number of each species you see on this checklist. (Juneau checklist available from the Juneau Audubon Society web page. Click Here )
3. When you're finished, click here to enter your results. You'll see a button marked "Enter Your Checklists!" on the website home page beginning on the first day of the count. It will remain active until the deadline for data submission.
Stationary Count: This is a count made in one area, such as your backyard, where you remain in one place. In this case, simply report the highest number of each species seen together at one time, as usual.
Traveling Count: This is a count made over a distance, such as birding on a trail. In this case you will count new birds of each species as you move along, but only if you can be relatively certain you did not count them previously. You’ll add the numbers for each species at the end of your walk.
to visit the Great Backyard Bird Count web page. Lots of information here.
2011 Christmas Bird Count results for Juneau
Christmas Bird Counts planned in Southeast Alaska
December 14, 2011 – January 5, 2012
Count name
Date
Contact
person(s)
Phone number
Chilkat
December 17
Dan Egolf*
Tim Shields
766-2876
766-2354
Craig-Klawock
December 17
Victoria Houser
826-1614
Haines
December 17
Dan Egolf
Tim Shields
766-2876
766-2354
Glacier Bay
December 17
Nat Drumheller
697-2166
Juneau
Click here for 2011 CBC count results
December 17
Mark Schwan
Gus van Vliet
789-9841
789-5624
Ketchikan
December 17
Andrew Piston
225-9677
Mitkof Island
December 17
Bill Pawuk
772-3985
Sitka
January 1
Victoria Vosburg
747-7821
Skagway
December 17 **
Elaine Furbish
Dawn Adams
983-2049
983-3302
Tenakee Springs
December 30
Beret Barnes
736-2226
Wrangell
To be announced
Joe Delabrue
Carol Ross
874-7523
874-2156
* Forms and information available at the Back Country Ski Shop
** Website for more information: sites.google.com/site/skagwaybirdclub
Seabird Counts
Have a friend with a seaworthy sailboat, sportfish boat, or trawler? Convince them to take you out for a sail or motor for the inaugural "SeaBC" Sea Bird Count! It’s like a Christmas Bird Count (CBC) or backyard bird count, but where you count birds at sea. Choose your weather day in December and count all the birds you see for a few hours or an entire day.
The SeaBC was created to raise awareness among boaters from around the world to record their seabird observations. The organizers are a group of long-distance sailors from around the world who are also birders. Several of the cruising rallies (such as the ARC, Caribbean 1500 and Baja Ha-Ha) are encouraging participation by their fleet boats.
The central clearinghouse for the data will be Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird website.
For additional information and tally sheets, go to Facebook.com/Birding.Aboard and select "SeaBC/Resources", or email info <at> birdingaboard.com.
You may be a landlubber, but if you know birds, team up with a boating friend to add to the count! Or count from this winter's yacht charter or cruise!
20th Thanksgiving Bird Count: November 24th, 2011
All right! Bring out your pencils and your envelope and stamps! Its time to participate in a non-electronic count of birds for JUST ONE HOUR on Thanksgiving Day, 2011. Its the perfect opportunity to enjoy the wonderful odors of your favorite holiday meal, or if later in the day, time to recuperate from the great meal you had.
The official bird count form is available here or you can contact Brenda Wright at membership@juneau-audubon-society.org and she will e-mail you a copy.
The instructions are simple and are included on the count form.
Choose a bird feeder or other area you would like to observe, but the count area is just 15 feet in diameter. Count the birds for 1 hour (try not to count birds twice) and that's it. The address to send your count form is on the form. This is the first year you can submit your count on line by emailing:
for TBC count formthanksgivingbirdcount@gmail.com Any one that sends in a count form will receive a newsletter with the results early next year.
Have a great Holiday and add your bit for citizen science.
2011 Christmas Bird Count results for Juneau
2010 Christmas Bird Count results for Juneau
2009 Christmas Bird Count results for Juneau
2007 Christmas Bird Count results for Juneau
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Project FeederWatch 2011 -2012 Time to focus on feeders! The 24th season of Project FeederWatch starts November, 2011 but you can sign up at any time. Your counts will help scientists monitor changes in feeder-bird populations over the winter from year to year. New participants receive a kit with a handbook, a bird-identification poster, a calendar, and an instruction booklet. Join the flock! For more information about Project FeederWatch or to sign up in the U.S., please visit www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/ or call (800) 843-2473. There is a $15 fee to defray the cost of the materials ($12 for Lab members).
If you live in Canada, visit Bird Studies Canada, at http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/pfw/index.jsp?lang=EN&targetpg=index or call (888) 448-2473.
Great Backyard Bird Counts www.birdcount.org
2011 Great Backyard Bird Count Great Backyard Bird Count Results from Alaska By Paul Suchanek The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) was held all across the United States and Canada from February 17 to 21, 2011. During the count period, bird watchers were encouraged to get out and count birds in their backyards as well as local parks or other favorite birding areas and then submit their counts online at the website: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
During the 2011 count, 458 checklists were submitted from communities scattered across the state of Alaska. On these checklists, a total of 53,370 birds were reported representing 118 species. The most widespread species was Common Raven, appearing on 269 checklists, while Black-capped Chickadee, Blackbilled Magpie, Bald Eagle, and Red-breasted Nuthatch rounded out the top five most widely reported species. The top five species for highest number of birds reported, however, comprised a completely different list: Rock Sandpiper (7,594), Glaucous-winged Gull (5,677), Pine Siskin (3,510), Common Redpoll (2,923), and Surf Scoter (2,849). Rock Sandpiper were counted on only eight checklists of which three checklists from Homer accounted for 7,250 birds - obviously a flocking species! One of the more interesting high species counts was the 1,000 Willow Ptarmigan reported on a checklist from Togiak. From Southeast Alaska, a total of 138 checklists were submitted with the communities of Juneau (including Auke Bay and Douglas), Sitka, Gustavus, and Haines submitting the bulk of the checklists. The best diversity was reported from Gustavus where a total of 68 species were reported from only 19 checklists, although Sitka reported 65 species from 38 checklists. New to the GBBC for Alaska was Eurasian Collared-Dove, which were reported from Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg, and Gustavus. Some other GBBC rarities reported from Southeast Alaska included Eurasian Wigeon (Sitka), Yellow-billed Loon (Douglas), Wilson's Snipe (Gustavus), Horned Puffin (2 - Sitka), American Pipit (Gustavus), Spotted Towhee (Douglas), Lapland Longspur (3 - Gustavus) and White-throated Sparrow (Sitka). There are now 14 years of GBBC data which are or can be summarized and mapped in a variety of interesting ways at the website. For example, the northern cardinal was the most widespread GBBC species in 2011, it was reported on over 43,000 checklists! Taken together, this checklist information provides an excellent snapshot of February bird distribution in North America and results will be used by researchers in conjunction with Christmas Bird Count counts to better understand wintering bird populations.
Click here to visit the Great Backyard Bird Count web page. Lots of information here. Links to the results of the Great Backyard Bird Count for the Juneau area in prior years are here. The 2010 Great Backyard Bird Count was held February 12 - 15, 2010. For 2010 GBBC results for Juneau click here. For 2010 GBBC results for Douglas click here. For 2010 GBBC results for Auke Bay click here. * The 2009 Great Backyard Bird Count was held February 13-16, 2009 For 2009 GBBC results for Juneau click here. For 2009 GBBC results for Auke Bay click here. * The 2008 Great Backyard Bird Count was held February 15-18, 2008 For 2008 GBBC results for Juneau click here. For 2008 GBBC results for Auke Bay click here. * The 2007 Great Backyard Bird Count was held February 16-19, 2007 For 2007 GBBC results for Juneau click here. For 2007 GBBC results for Douglas click here. For 2007 GBBC results for Auke Bay click here. * For 2006 GBBC results for Juneau click here. For 2006 GBBC results for Auke Bay click here. For 2006 GBBC results for Alaska by city click here. * For 2005 GBBC results for Juneau click here. For 2005 GBBC results for Douglas click here. For 2005 GBBC results for Auke Bay click here. For 2005 GBBC results for Alaska by city click here.
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