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DECEMBER
14, 2023 - JANUARY 5, 2024
SATURDAY,
December 16, 2023
Bakersfield CBC, Kern
County: Compiler: John Wilson
- year began 1949 held in 1950 resumed in 1973
Butterbredt CBC, Kern
County: Compiler: Charles Bragg,
Phone: (310) 454-9662 - year began 1977
Lancaster CBC, Los
Angeles/Kern Counties: Compiler: Mary
& Nick Freeman, Phone: (818) 247-6172 - year began 1980
Tejon Ranch, Kern &
Los Angeles Counties: Compiler: Jeron
Cramer and Steve
Justus - year began 2008 – Split dates: not valid count. Contact
compilers.
SUNDAY,
December 17, 2023
China Lake CBC, Kern &
San Bernardino Counties: Compiler: Peter
Woodman, Phone: (760) 861-3961 - year began 1957
Tejon Ranch, Kern &
Los Angeles Counties: Compiler: Jeron
Cramer and Steve
Justus - year began 2008 – Split dates: not valid count. Contact
compilers.
THURSDAY,
December 21, 2023
Tehachapi CBC, Kern
County: Compiler: Larry Parmeter,
Phone: (559) 288-3456 - year began 1992
SATURDAY,
December 30, 2023
Red Rock Canyon CBC, Kern
County: Alexia
Svejda - held 1998 - 2004 restarted 2014
South Fork Valley CBC,
Kern & Tulare Counties: Compiler Denise
LaBerteaux, Phone: (760) 378-4278 - year began 1992
SUNDAY,
December 31, 2023
Kern River Valley CBC,
Kern County: Compiler: Ali Sheehey
- year began 1978
THURSDAY,
January 4, 2024
Bear Valley Springs CBC,
Kern County: Compiler: Compiler: Alex
Coffey; Phone: 203-980-5547 - resurrected 2019, held 1995-2014
FRIDAY,
January 5, 2024
Carrizo
Plain CBC, Kern & San Luis Obispo Counties: Compiler: Kathanne Lynch - year began
1971
TBD
California
City CBC, Kern County: Compiler Alexia
Svejda: Phone (661) 810-6268 - year began 2015
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 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 above to participate at any level.
Discontinued
Kern County Counts
Buena Vista - held 1989 through
2012
Granite- Woody - year began 1971
held through 1996
Mount Pinos - held 1967-68
Oildale - Poso - held 1972
Taft-Maricopa - held 1969 through
1972
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