 2009-2010 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT UPDATE
A big thank you to all who helped with our two CBCs this year. The weather for each count was challenging, to say the least, and we are very appreciative of the pluck you all showed in perservering through cold, wind and/or torrential rain.
Steve Calver is still working on the final tallies, but it appears that we'll have about 110 species for Harris Neck and be in the low 160s for Savannah. Highlights for the Savannah count included tundra swan, whip-poor-will and red-necked grebe.
The dates for next year's counts are already set, so please mark your calendars to save the dates:
Harris Neck -- Friday, Dec.17
Savannah -- Sunday, Jan. 2 (we are switching to Sunday for 2011 only in order to avoid doing the count on New Year's Day).
By the end of February, the results for all of this season's counts should be viewable at http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/ (click on current year results in the left hand column).
Until then, wishing you lots of good birds in 2010!
Dot Bambach, Vice President and CBC Coordinator
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