Calling All Birders

Calling All Birders

Compiled by Roy Book and plagiarized from several sources

Join us in the 105th Annual Christmas Bird Count.

CBC began over a century ago when 27 conservationists in 25 localities, led by scientist Frank Chapman, changed the course of ornithological history. On Christmas Day 1900, the small group of conservationists posed an alternative to the “side Hunt,” a Christmas day activity in which teams competed to see who could shoot the most birds and small mammals. Instead, Chapman proposed to identify, count, and record all the birds they saw, founding what is now considered to be the most significant citizen-based conservation effort and a more than century-old institution.

Today, over 55,000 volunteers from all 50 states, every Canadian province, parts of Central and South America, Bermuda, the West Indies, and Pacific islands count and record every individual bird and bird species seen in a specified area. Each count group completes a census of the birds found during one 24-hour period between December 14 and January 5 in a designated circle 15 miles in diameter-about 177 square miles.

We are fortunate to have three CBCs scheduled for Brevard County again this year. Please contact one of the listed co-compilers to sign up or for additional information.

Cocoa—Saturday, December 18, 2004

Nedra Sekera, 321 254 8587, Nedrabird@aol.com
Dick Novier, 321 723 5487, BigButeo@aol.com

MINWR—Monday, December 20, 2004

Dan Click, 321-452-4709, dclick@cfl.rr.com
Judy Dryja, 321-632-9249, jjdryja@brevard.net

South Brevard—Sunday, January 2, 2005: The South Brevard CBC is unique because it’s area is partially in Brevard and partially in Indian River County and is supported by both the Space Coast Audubon and the Pelican Island Chapters.

Roy Book, 321-773-4618, bookroy@cs.com
Jack Taylor, 772-562-5247, lapwing321@aol.com