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DECEMBER 14, 2026 - JANUARY 5,
2027
MONDAY, December 14, 2026
Butterbredt CBC, Kern County: Compilers: Reed
Tollefson and Alison Sheehey - year began 1977
SATURDAY, December 19, 2026
Bakersfield CBC, Kern County: Compiler: John
Wilson - year began 1949 held in 1950 resumed in 1973
Lancaster CBC, Los Angeles/Kern Counties: Compiler: Mary & Nick Freeman, Phone:
(818) 247-6172 - year began 1980
SUNDAY, December 20, 2026
China Lake CBC, Kern & San Bernardino Counties: Compiler: Peter Woodman, Phone: (760) 861-3961 -
year began 1957
SATURDAY, January 2, 2027
South Fork Valley CBC, Kern & Tulare Counties: Compiler Denise LaBerteaux, Phone: (760)
378-4278 - year began 1992
SUNDAY, January 3, 2027
Kern
River Valley, Kern County: Compiler: Reed
Tollefson and Alison Sheehey - year began 1978
TBD
Carrizo
Plain CBC, Kern & San Luis Obispo
Counties: Compiler: Russ Namitz
- year began 1971
Tehachapi CBC, Kern County: Compiler: Larry Parmeter,
Phone: (559) 288-3456 - year began 1992
Tejon Ranch North, Kern & Los Angeles Counties: Compiler: Steve
Justus - year began 2008
Tejon Ranch South, Kern & Los Angeles Counties: Compiler: Steve
Justus - year began 2008
Participants are typically assigned to teams
based on their bird identification skill level and endurance. The count results
are tabulated by the 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 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 above to participate at any level.
Discontinued Kern County Counts
Bear Valley Springs CBC, Kern County: Compiler: Compiler: Alex
Coffey; resurrected 2019, held 1995-2014
Buena Vista - held 1989 through 2019
California City CBC, Kern County: Compiler: none - year began 2015
Granite- Woody - year began 1971 held through 1996
Mount Pinos - held 1967-68
Oildale - Poso - held 1972
Red Rock Canyon, Kern County: Compiler Alexia
Sveda - held 1998 - 2004 restarted 2014
Taft-Maricopa - held 1969 through 1972
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