By rdnewsNOW staff

Christmas Bird Count coming up in Red Deer

Dec 10, 2023 | 10:00 AM

Join other Central Alberta Birdwatchers by participating in the Central Alberta 2023 Christmas Bird Count on Sunday December 17, 2023 Count hours 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You can also owl count before 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m.

There is no minimum time limit, and you can watch your feeders or count birds on foot, by car or using any other mode of transportation.

Print a copy of the Christmas Bird Count Tally Sheet, visit https://rdrn.ca/programs/christmas-bird-count/ and choose a place to count the birds.

A count area must fill (preferably) or fit entirely within a 24 km diameter official count circle. Visit www.rdrn.ca/programs/christmas-bird-count/ for maps.

It is important to record low and high temperatures, as well as snow and sky conditions.

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All counters must record hours and kilometres walked/driven/skied, etc.

You can also record any interesting or unusual bird seen any time during the Count Week (three days before and three days after the official Count Day). Please make sure, though, that you mark down when and where you saw the bird and what the bird was doing at the time. Add these birds to your tally sheet but make sure it is evident that it is a Count Week (CW) bird.

Please register where you will be counting with Judy Boyd (403-358-1098) so there will be no duplication of counts. Tally sheets must be received by December 29th. You may drop sheets off (Attn: Judy Boyd) at Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 – 45 Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 3M4 or mail to RDRN Box 785 Red Deer, AB T4N 5H2, or email to rdrn.nature@gmail.com, put “CBC” in the subject line.

(Red Deer River Naturalists media release)