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Results of the Morro Bay and Carrizo Plain Christmas Bird Counts Here. The 2009 Carrizo Plain Christmas Bird Count will be Saturday, January 2rd, 2010. For more information, click HERE. The 2009 Morro Bay Christmas Bird Count will be on Saturday, December 19, dawn to dusk, rain or shine! PLEASE NOTE: New location for compilation dinner is Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School, located off Highway 1 across from Cuesta College. DIRECTIONS: Take Education Dr. at the northernmost stoplight and entrance to Cuesta College. (Please note: DO NOT take the southernmost stoplight toward El Chorro Regional Park.) Turn off Hwy 1 at Education Dr. toward the SLO County Office of Education, and bear left in front of the office building. Continue on the road bearing right (it becomes Pennington Creek Rd.) and watch for the Rancho El Chorro buildings on the right hand side. Our Bird Count area is
a circle 15 miles in diameter, centered at Turri Road and Los Osos Valley
Road. Only species and numbers of birds seen within this area may be
counted. The results of over 1000 counts in North America are compiled
by the National Audubon Society and used to ascertain the annual distribution
and fluctuation in numbers of North American birds. Our success in the
national ranking has been the result of having many people in the field
sighting birds.
Please look over the map of the count area, pick out your favorite
spot, and send in your registration along with the $5.00 REGISTRATION
FEE REQUIRED BY NATIONAL AUDUBON FOR EACH PARTICIPANT. Checks should
be made out to Morro Coast Audubon Society. Audubon membership is
not required, but National rules will not permit us to accept a count
from an unregistered observer. The $5.00 fee goes toward the compilation
and publication costs of the data in the American Birds Magazine.
STEP 1-Choose a sector
You can download sector descriptions here as a Word doc, or here as a PDF
To access the main map area click
here. This will take you to an image map where you can click on
any sector in the count and pull up information and a map of that sector.
STEP 2-Register either online or by mail
Click here to register online.
Click here to download a printable
form to register for the bird count and mail back with your fee.
YOUR REGISTRATION IS REQUESTED BY NOVEMBER 28th to properly organize
Sector groups for thorough coverage of the entire area. In early December
you will receive a Bird Count packet and your Sector Leader will contact
you.
Compiler: Tom Edell (805) 995-1691 We thank EVERYONE for their interest and registering for this event.
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a very important survey, in that it
has been conducted for 105 years. The length of time and the consistency
of its methods make the "study" scientifically significant. This data
can and will be used to help the conservation effort. The results of
our surveys have helped pass a "Wetlands" bill, a "Clean Water" bill,
and ban the use of organo chlorines as pesticides, and preserved many
acres from development.
Thank you, Audubon members everywhere. Please realize that on December
19 that you are part of a team. We seek specific data on the diversity
and population of the birds in our count area. You are part of a team
and your efforts are being directed by a group that is responsible for
the consistency and quality of the data produced. If there is an area
that you would like to explore and have not been assigned it for the
CBC, please plan on birding there after the survey is finished. We count
on your utmost attention on all you hear and see during the survey in
the area you have been assigned.
Again, thank you. We have had a tremendous response this year. Good
luck, team! Great Egret by Linda Tanner |
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