Fort Plain Area Christmas Bird Count 2023
Event Details
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society coordinates THREE regions for the annual National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count – Oneonta Region in Otsego County, Fort Plain Region in Montgomery County, and Delaware County Region. These counts take place in late December and early January each year.
*As of 2012, there is no longer any fee to participate in Christmas Bird Counts
MONTGOMERY COUNTY/Fort Plain Area
2023: Saturday, December 30 – Fort Plain Christmas Bird Count (CBC):
All are welcome to participate regardless of birding experience. For information contact Charlie Scheim:
at scheimc@hartwick.edu or by phone at 607-434-4880.
View Maps for the Fort Plain Christmas Bird Count.
Other DOAS Christmas Bird Counts
OTSEGO COUNTY
2023: Saturday, December 16 – Oneonta Christmas Bird Count (CBC):
This is our 55th year of participating in the national count. Everyone, novice or experienced, is welcome to join us on this fun day. Small groups in one or two cars count all the birds they find in their assigned area, within our designated 15-mile radius circle centered around Milford, for whatever hours they choose.
Each group has a leader who will have received appropriate materials beforehand. Alternatively, instead of joining a group, you can count birds at your own feeder off and on throughout the day if you are within our circle. If you are a new counter for either the group counts or the feeder counts, please contact Sandy Bright at brights@hartwick.edu or 607-287-4465. People who have participated before will be contacted.
View Map for the Oneonta Christmas Bird Count
DELAWARE COUNTY
2023 Sunday, December 31 – Delaware County Region Christmas Bird Count (CBC):
All are invited to participate. Contact Pam Peters if you can drive or count: ovenb1rdp@gmail.com or (607) 829-6545.
View Data from past Christmas Bird Counts
Find a Bird Count Near You at the Audubon Map
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with over 100 years of citizen science involvement. It is an early-winter bird census, where thousands of volunteers across the US, Canada and many countries in the Western Hemisphere, go out over a 24 hour period on one calendar day to count birds.
