Seneca Christmas Bird Count, Sunday, Dec. 19-- we need counters and feeder watchers
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Jim Nelson
Nov 20, 2021, 10:50:07 AM11/20/21
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The annual Seneca Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will be held Sunday,
December 19. The count circle has a radius of 7.5 miles, centered on
Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal on the Maryland side of the Potomac
River, and covers a good portion Montgomery County (and areas of Fairfax
and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia across the Potomac). Our
count circle is divided into 16 sectors each with a Sector Leader.
I am the compiler for the Seneca CBC. The Seneca CBC has been conducted
almost every year since 1955. This will be the 63rd recorded count. Last
year, our 132 counters in the field and 23 feeder watchers racked up 105
species and 35,437 individual birds, notwithstanding the challenge of
holding the count during the COVID-19 pandemic. We could not have done
this without the many volunteers who helped us, both old timers and new
participants, counting in the field and in their yards. We always need
new people to help with the count.
The Montgomery County portion of our count circle (described below)
contains lots of interesting habitat and is very important to the
success of our count. We need additional folks, regardless of your
birding skill level, to help count birds in the field. Doing a CBC can
be a lot of fun, a great learning experience, and a chance to meet other
birders. Those of you who use eBird will find the CBC to be a natural
fit. If you are interested in counting in the field, please contact me.
Let me know where you are located and your level of birding experience,
so I can place you in an appropriate sector. We love having newer
birders join us, and we will make sure you are teamed with a more
experienced person for the count.
There is also an important role for folks who can't get out in the field
on December 19 but live inside the count circle and like to watch birds
in their yards and at their feeders. You can contribute very useful
information to the CBC too.
In Montgomery County, on the east side, the border of the count circle
extends from the C&O Canal downstream of Great Falls, swinging up
through Potomac north through the western parts of Rockville and
Gaithersburg, and then arcing through the southern part of Germantown,
passing just south of Boyds, taking in most of Poolesville, and then
swinging south back to the Potomac a bit south and east of Edwards
Ferry. If you live inside this area and you are interested in reporting
the birds you observe in your yard and at your feeders on December 19,
please let me know. I can confirm whether you fall inside the count
circle and make arrangements for you to send in your yard/feeder count.
As with last year, we will be following certain measures to protect our
participants from COVID-19, including social distancing, masking when
appropriate, and limiting carpools to family and people who consider
themselves part of a "pod."
I will be happy to answer any questions you have about the CBC.
I look forward to your participation.
Thanks in advance.
Jim Nelson
kingfi...@verizon.net
December 19. The count circle has a radius of 7.5 miles, centered on
Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal on the Maryland side of the Potomac
River, and covers a good portion Montgomery County (and areas of Fairfax
and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia across the Potomac). Our
count circle is divided into 16 sectors each with a Sector Leader.
I am the compiler for the Seneca CBC. The Seneca CBC has been conducted
almost every year since 1955. This will be the 63rd recorded count. Last
year, our 132 counters in the field and 23 feeder watchers racked up 105
species and 35,437 individual birds, notwithstanding the challenge of
holding the count during the COVID-19 pandemic. We could not have done
this without the many volunteers who helped us, both old timers and new
participants, counting in the field and in their yards. We always need
new people to help with the count.
The Montgomery County portion of our count circle (described below)
contains lots of interesting habitat and is very important to the
success of our count. We need additional folks, regardless of your
birding skill level, to help count birds in the field. Doing a CBC can
be a lot of fun, a great learning experience, and a chance to meet other
birders. Those of you who use eBird will find the CBC to be a natural
fit. If you are interested in counting in the field, please contact me.
Let me know where you are located and your level of birding experience,
so I can place you in an appropriate sector. We love having newer
birders join us, and we will make sure you are teamed with a more
experienced person for the count.
There is also an important role for folks who can't get out in the field
on December 19 but live inside the count circle and like to watch birds
in their yards and at their feeders. You can contribute very useful
information to the CBC too.
In Montgomery County, on the east side, the border of the count circle
extends from the C&O Canal downstream of Great Falls, swinging up
through Potomac north through the western parts of Rockville and
Gaithersburg, and then arcing through the southern part of Germantown,
passing just south of Boyds, taking in most of Poolesville, and then
swinging south back to the Potomac a bit south and east of Edwards
Ferry. If you live inside this area and you are interested in reporting
the birds you observe in your yard and at your feeders on December 19,
please let me know. I can confirm whether you fall inside the count
circle and make arrangements for you to send in your yard/feeder count.
As with last year, we will be following certain measures to protect our
participants from COVID-19, including social distancing, masking when
appropriate, and limiting carpools to family and people who consider
themselves part of a "pod."
I will be happy to answer any questions you have about the CBC.
I look forward to your participation.
Thanks in advance.
Jim Nelson
kingfi...@verizon.net
Francesca Grifo
Nov 20, 2021, 11:11:59 AM11/20/21
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I’ll be happy to help and can likely pull together a small team.
Thanks
Francesca
Francesca T. Grifo
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“...ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
" Charles Darwin, 1871
> On Nov 20, 2021, at 10:50 AM, 'Jim Nelson' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbi...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> The annual Seneca Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will be held Sunday, December 19. The count circle has a radius of 7.5 miles, centered on Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal on the Maryland side of the Potomac River, and covers a good portion Montgomery County (and areas of Fairfax and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia across the Potomac). Our count circle is divided into 16 sectors each with a Sector Leader.
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Thanks
Francesca
Francesca T. Grifo
Sent from my iPhone - please forgive my brevity!
“...ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
" Charles Darwin, 1871
> On Nov 20, 2021, at 10:50 AM, 'Jim Nelson' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbi...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> The annual Seneca Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will be held Sunday, December 19. The count circle has a radius of 7.5 miles, centered on Violette's Lock on the C&O Canal on the Maryland side of the Potomac River, and covers a good portion Montgomery County (and areas of Fairfax and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia across the Potomac). Our count circle is divided into 16 sectors each with a Sector Leader.
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Carol Sottili
Nov 20, 2021, 12:11:42 PM11/20/21
to Francesca Grifo, Jim Nelson, MDbirding
I live in Leesburg and can do either side of the C&O.
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> On Nov 20, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Francesca Grifo <frances...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I’ll be happy to help and can likely pull together a small team.
> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mdbirding/1FA21029-71DF-43A0-846B-0B105B3FB423%40gmail.com.
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> On Nov 20, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Francesca Grifo <frances...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I’ll be happy to help and can likely pull together a small team.
James Tyler Bell
Nov 20, 2021, 3:23:00 PM11/20/21
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If only St. Mary's County had the number of observers that Jim had last year, think of the birds that would turn up! We had 14 observers, 100 species with a total of 13522 individual birds. Where else in Maryland can you almost expect to find a Barrow's Goldeneye? A drake was found at Pt. Lookout in December but was not located during the CBC. I'm guessing he'll be back. The drake at the Elms Environmental Education Center, just inside the count circle, was present 7 years in a row.
If you'd like to help, and we always need the help, please contact either me or Bob Boxwell, the count coordinator. We can either pair you up with a team or find an area that needs coverage.
Bob Boxwell
Tyler Bell
jtyle...@yahoo.com
California, Maryland
California, Maryland
On Saturday, November 20, 2021, 10:50:08 AM EST, 'Jim Nelson' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbi...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Last year, our 132 counters in the field and 23 feeder watchers racked up 105
species and 35,437 individual birds.
Jane Kostenko
Nov 20, 2021, 4:06:51 PM11/20/21
to James Tyler Bell, MDbirding, robertb...@outlook.com
Sunday, December 19. And, like all CBCs, it runs from midnight to midnight, or any pre-agreed upon hours you are willing to give it!
Jane Kostenko
California MD
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George Jett
Nov 20, 2021, 5:31:10 PM11/20/21
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Jane. Sorry i will be i. Colombia.
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