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      CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 
Rob Tallman West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Ornithologist
The National Audubon Society coordinates the count nationwide and here's how it work. Birders will count in seventeen distinct fifteen mile wide circles across the state in a 24 hour period. All individual birds seen or heard are counted and species recorded.
"The first thing we'll do is lay out the map like this and we have our fifteen mile diameter circle, which is the count area. We pick areas for each person or group of people to go look for birds. So the idea is to cover as much of this as we can, ideally all of it. We can do counts by vehicle, by foot and numerous other ways."
Rob Tallman "It gives us a real good indication of winter bird populations in the state. Over time, this has been done for a number years, you can see trends. We've found that things for the most part in West Virginia are stable, in these winter birds.
Rob Tallman "It's lots of fun! You see some different things because you have some birds from farther north that spend the winter here. At the end of the day, we all get together and have dinner and sit around and count. Everyone tells stories about what they saw and where." If you'd like to get involved in this year's count, contact Rob Tallman at one of the links below. Links to learn more
West Virginia DNR Phone: 304-637-0245 rtallman@dnr.state.wv.us The Christmas Bird Count: National Audubon Society Birding In West Virginia: W.Va. DNR Volunteering with Bird Counts: W.Va. DNR BirdSource: Cornell Lab of Ornithology The ABA aims to inspire all people to enjoy and protect wild birds: American Birding Association Conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas: American Bird Conservancy |
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