Please join us at our 2021 Virtual Winter Meeting

AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: From 19th Century Conservation Action to 21st Century Community Science

What is the Audubon Christmas Bird Count? How and why did it begin, and how has it changed over its 120-year history? The CBC, like the Breeding Bird Survey, is one of the longest-running examples of Community (Citizen) Science. Learn how ornithologists and conservation biologists use CBC data to better understand how birds of the Americas are faring.

Geoff LeBaron has been the Christmas Bird Count Director for the National Audubon Society since 1987. He also works on other Community Science and field work projects, including Climate Watch, Hummingbirds at Home, and the Great Backyard Bird Count. He has been ornithological advisor for numerous organizations, and a guide for domestic and international bird and nature tours.

NOTE: This event requires all participants to register, and attendance is limited.

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Mount Auburn Cemetery

    Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • Millennium Park, West Roxbury

    Boston - Millennium Park 300 Gardner Street, Boston, MA, United States

    One to two mile walk on good trails along the wetland and woods.

  • Bird with the BBC to Honor Dana Jewell and Ingeborg Burgaff

    Stoneham - Greenwood Park 176 Pond St, Stoneham, MA, United States

    Space is limited - Registration required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bird-with-the-brookline-bird-club-to-honor-dana-jewell-and-ingeborg-burgaff-tickets-1982192622493?aff=oddtdtcreator Join the Brookline Bird Club and Friends of the Fells to spot migrating bird species as they travel back north amidst the warming spring weather. With the right conditions, we expect to see 10 species of warblers or more! This walk is in honor of Dana Jewell and

  • Mount Auburn Cemetery (on BBC Big Day)

    Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    This is BBC's Big Day (and Cornell's Global Big Day). Start your lists early at Mt Auburn with Jared's expert eyes and ears! Don't forget to share you lists on May 9 with ebird account BBCBigDay. Note: 2 walks this morning, second at 9am with Ibrahim is also listed on our calendar https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/tripevent/mount-auburn-cemetery-110/

  • Big Day Kickoff at Parker River NWR

    Kick off your big day at Parker River NWR with Marilyn!  We'll try to see everything possible at PRNWR. (Be sure to share all your Massachusetts lists that day with ebird account BBCBigDay!) Car pooling will be encouraged because parking could be tough at certain locations. A lot of people will be doing big days!

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