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Christmas Bird Count (aka CBC)
The 112th Christmas Bird Count:
Citizen Science in Action!
From December 14 through January 5 tens of thousands of
volunteers throughout the Americas take part in an adventure
that has become a family tradition among generations. Families
and students, birders and scientists, armed with binoculars,
bird guides and checklists go out on an annual mission - often
before dawn. For over one hundred years, the desire to both
make a difference and to experience the beauty of nature has
driven dedicated people to leave the comfort of a warm house
during the Holiday season.
All members are encouraged to participate by contacting one of
the two count area coordinators listed below.
Medford Circle CBC: Saturday, December 17, 2011. Organizer:
Bob Hunter, 541-826-5569, bobhunter@embarqmail.com
Ashland Circle CBC: Thursday, December 29, 2011. Organizers:
Harry Fuller, 541-488-8077, anzatowhee@yahoo.com and
John Bullock, 541-488-7962, 541-488-7962
All results for 2010 can be found on the National Audubon CBC
webpages. Our local code is ORME or ORAS.
RESULTS OF 2011 MEDFORD CBC COUNT
RESULTS OF 2010 MEDFORD CBC COUNT
RESULTS OF 2010 ASHLAND CBC COUNT
(KBO article)
Official Ashland Count 2009
This important event gives everybody an opportunity to be part
of the biggest citizen science effort in the New World.
THE FIRST OFFICIAL ASHLAND CHRISTMAS BIRD
COUNT SINCE 1940
Organnizers: Harry Fuller and John Bullock
John Bullock and Harry Fuller, RVAS members, are organizing
the first official Ashland CBC in seventy years. In a preliminary
informal count of the area last year two dozen counters found
over 105 species. Far more than the small team of four
counters had found back before World War II. The count circle
is centered at the cement spillway on the northwest corner of
Emigrant Lake. So it includes both Mount Ashland's
northeastern slopes, the western slope of the Cascades as far
east as Little Hyatt Lake but also all of Ashland town, Billings
Ranch and the upper Bear Creek Valley. Bullock's email:
jas@opendoor.com Fuller's email: anzatowhee@yahoo.com The
court circle includes variety of habitats. There are the
cultivated city parks and gardens in Ashland, which include
North Mountain Park on Bear Creek and Lithia Park on Ashland
Creek. Acorn Woodpeckers live in the center of town. Dippers
nest and reside along Ashland Creek. Western Screech-Owls
are regular on the perimeter of Lithia Park. Wood Ducks winter
on its ponds. On the north edge of Ashland are Ashland Pond
and Billings Ranch Pond. Both are good for dabbling ducks,
wintering sparrows and Wrentits. Last winter Ashland Pond
had two over-wintering White-throated Sparrows. Emigrant
Lake is a reservoir covering up to 806 acres, at 2240’
elevation. It often has wintering ducks and grebes. Osprey
migrate out in the fall but Bald Eagles remain all year.
Peregrine and Merlin are possible here. The western side of
the count circle includes steep Siskiyou Mountain woodlands.
Here woodpeckers, wintering thrush, finch species, nuthatches
and chickadees are likely. The eastern section of the count
circle covers an expanse of farmland, grassland, oak savannah
and riparian corridors.
The 112th Christmas Bird Count:
Citizen Science in Action!
From December 14 through January 5 tens of thousands of
volunteers throughout the Americas take part in an adventure
that has become a family tradition among generations. Families
and students, birders and scientists, armed with binoculars,
bird guides and checklists go out on an annual mission - often
before dawn. For over one hundred years, the desire to both
make a difference and to experience the beauty of nature has
driven dedicated people to leave the comfort of a warm house
during the Holiday season.
All members are encouraged to participate by contacting one of
the two count area coordinators listed below.
Medford Circle CBC: Saturday, December 17, 2011. Organizer:
Bob Hunter, 541-826-5569, bobhunter@embarqmail.com
Ashland Circle CBC: Thursday, December 29, 2011. Organizers:
Harry Fuller, 541-488-8077, anzatowhee@yahoo.com and
John Bullock, 541-488-7962, 541-488-7962
All results for 2010 can be found on the National Audubon CBC
webpages. Our local code is ORME or ORAS.
RESULTS OF 2011 MEDFORD CBC COUNT
RESULTS OF 2010 MEDFORD CBC COUNT
RESULTS OF 2010 ASHLAND CBC COUNT
(KBO article)
Official Ashland Count 2009
This important event gives everybody an opportunity to be part
of the biggest citizen science effort in the New World.
THE FIRST OFFICIAL ASHLAND CHRISTMAS BIRD
COUNT SINCE 1940
Organnizers: Harry Fuller and John Bullock
John Bullock and Harry Fuller, RVAS members, are organizing
the first official Ashland CBC in seventy years. In a preliminary
informal count of the area last year two dozen counters found
over 105 species. Far more than the small team of four
counters had found back before World War II. The count circle
is centered at the cement spillway on the northwest corner of
Emigrant Lake. So it includes both Mount Ashland's
northeastern slopes, the western slope of the Cascades as far
east as Little Hyatt Lake but also all of Ashland town, Billings
Ranch and the upper Bear Creek Valley. Bullock's email:
jas@opendoor.com Fuller's email: anzatowhee@yahoo.com The
court circle includes variety of habitats. There are the
cultivated city parks and gardens in Ashland, which include
North Mountain Park on Bear Creek and Lithia Park on Ashland
Creek. Acorn Woodpeckers live in the center of town. Dippers
nest and reside along Ashland Creek. Western Screech-Owls
are regular on the perimeter of Lithia Park. Wood Ducks winter
on its ponds. On the north edge of Ashland are Ashland Pond
and Billings Ranch Pond. Both are good for dabbling ducks,
wintering sparrows and Wrentits. Last winter Ashland Pond
had two over-wintering White-throated Sparrows. Emigrant
Lake is a reservoir covering up to 806 acres, at 2240’
elevation. It often has wintering ducks and grebes. Osprey
migrate out in the fall but Bald Eagles remain all year.
Peregrine and Merlin are possible here. The western side of
the count circle includes steep Siskiyou Mountain woodlands.
Here woodpeckers, wintering thrush, finch species, nuthatches
and chickadees are likely. The eastern section of the count
circle covers an expanse of farmland, grassland, oak savannah
and riparian corridors.
| Rogue Valley Audubon Society PO Box 8597 Medford, OR 97501 roguevalleyaudubon.org 541-601-3683 (541-601-DOVE) |
| Something to ponder: "The last word of ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?' If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like, but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering." Aldo Leopold, The Sand County Almanac |