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Results of both SV-CBC's Posted • SF Flyway Fest - 2/5 • New Pt. Reyes Spring Bird Fest 4/22

RESULTS for 3rd Annual SV-CBC 4 KIDS (1/16/10)

Breaking Index Tribune News Article on CBC 4 Kids here!

RESULTS - 5th Ann SV-CBC - (Audubon's 110th CBC) on New Years Day!

MAPS OF EACH BIRDING AREA Results by Area From Last Year -109TH CBC

A CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 4 KIDS! ( INFO. PACKET for Interested Leaders)

(Note - this simple "How To" packet is for any orgnizations wishing to create this event)

Current Events

NPR -SONOMA BIRDING INTERVIEW ON "RECORDING NATURE IN THE TETONS"

Feb - 5th -San Francisco Flyway Festival

FEB 12-15th Great Back Yard Bird Count

April 22-25th - NEW - Pt Reyes Spring Bird Festival - w/ A BIRDATHON 4 KIDS -(9:00AM- 1:00PM) !

Ages 9-14 are welcomed with some solid basic birding experience required. Teams of approx. 6 kids... (with a parent along only to observe & help transport teams) will be led by experienced adult birding leaders. We will have planned birding routes with interesting habitats and scour the beautiful National Seashore for 60 species of birds in three hours... hopefully 20 species per hour discovered by the kids! The hike will be followed by a brown bag lunch and tabulation presentation and celebration at the Pt. Reyes Station- Dance Palace. Dress comfortable for hiking & birding... and the weather and bring binoculars, scopes, snack, water and field guide. Experienced adult birders and event volunteers for driving and set up are needed. Call 707-939-8007 or send complete contact info here - Sign Up Today!

SV-AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Snapshot!

A standing room only crowd of over 150 birders from 12 counties descended on the fifth annual Sonoma Valley Audubon Christmas Bird Count Tabulation Celebration at the Sonoma Community Center's Andrews Hall. A blue moon at midnight and high tides kicked off the Sonoma Valley CBC with over 34 birding teams scouring the countryside on New Years morning. The moderate weather progressed into an afternoon of foggy rain and drizzle but the birders rallied and their citizen science effort successfully produced an unofficially count of 170 species including a few species never before recorded in the circle. (Yellow-headed Black Bird & Swamp Sparrow). This inland bird count has recorded over 155 species annually ranking it among the very top of the 2,100 CBC's in America.
What a wonderful New Year's Day...rain and all...that you and our feathered friends arranged for us! Thank You!

SonomaBirding.org is a conservation organization based in Sonoma Valley, CA. since 2004. It sustains the two annual Sonoma Valley Audubon Christmas Bird Counts for adults and kids, bird camps, seasonal bird lists, a nature lecture series, classes and other bird and nature related educational collaborations for all ages. It's primary objective is to foster greater understanding of birds through "Citizen Science" activities.

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NEW from Cornell Labs - Great Basic Bird Education!

BIRD ID HERE!

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BIRD RESCUES - Sonoma CO. BIRD Rescue International Bird Rescue -(water birds) Sonoma Co. Wildlife Rescue

Henry Beston - 1928 - "One Minute on Nature" (youtube)