[Bristol-Birds] Re: [TN-Bird] What we learn from the Christmas Bird Counts (CBC)
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:56:20 -0800 (PST)
Thanks a lot to Rob for a good point. CBCs are something that people
of ALL ability levels can help with. There are some counts in MD,
NY, MA etc that have over 100 (!) participants each year. talk about
lots of data! they can map population trends well.
The web site Rob sent us is a trove of information. When I travel
out of town during CBC season, I try to hook up with a count wherever
I'm going. So I'll be doing on in Baton Rouge this year. It is a
great opportunity to see a new place, meet new friends and help out.
Usually the coordinator will hook up an out-of-towner like me with a
local.
As for you folks who think you're not "experienced" enough, or "not a
good birder" well, maybe you're not Rick Knight or Jeff Wilson. Well
we'd not get much done if we only let people of that ability level
count birds! There aren't enough people of that caliber. But you
can identify the stuff at your feeders, right? All you need to do is
tell the compiler what you can do, and he or she will find an
appropriate location for you.
And if you're near me, I'd love a person or two to go along with me
as I do Norris this Saturday, or Smokies (lots of hiking) on Sunday.
Charlie
--- Robert Biller <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The 106th Christmas Bird Count(CBC) starts this Wednesday all over
> the Western Hemisphere "from the high Canadian and Alaskan Arctic
> to southern South America." The count runs from Dec 15, 2005 to Jan
> 5, 2006.
>
> This important count is helping to determine patterns in the bird
> kingdom. I have recently found and read some interesting data
> concerning what we learn from the Christmas Bird Counts. If you go
> to the website listed here ( http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/ )and
> scroll down to the bottom pull down window entitled "What We're
> Learning," there are many articles concerning data collected on the
> CBCs.
>
> For instance, the first article is about the Evening Grosbeaks. I
> have noticed over the past few years the absence of this bird from
> our area (at least in ETN/WNC). The article listed gives some
> clues to why this is the case. Also, the Pine Siskin has an
> article showing see saw patterns in East Vs West comparison. When
> one is spiking the other is not.
>
> You can also access the Audubon Summaries for the past 8 years!
> That would be in the middle of the above listed web page.
>
> Neat Stuff! All due to volunteers getting out there once a year,
> on a collective basis, to do what we do best. From the novice to
> the most advance birder, the CBC needs everybody it can get. If
> everybody reading this email participates in at least one count,
> think of the data we could collect for Tennesee and SW Virginia
> (for those border dwellers - Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama,
> Georgia, and North Carolina). If you can't get into the field, you
> can still participate by filling your feeders and counting the
> birds on or around your feeders. Just find out who is the compiler
> for that particular count and get them the info.
>
> Here are the compilers that I know of in Northeast Tennessee /
> Southwest Virginia:
>
> Bristol TN/VA CBC - Richard Lewis
> Glade Springs VA CBC - Ron Harrington
> Elizabethton TN CBC - Rick Knight
> Roan Mountain TN/NC CBC - Rick Knight
> Shady Valley TN CBD - Rob Biller
>
> I have signed up for 4 - How about you? (not a poll to reply to :)
> )
>
> Rob Biller
> Elizabethton, TN
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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
"To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind
the whole world sparkles with light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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