THE 116th Christmas Bird Count is almost HERE! Calling all Birders ( and new birders!), It’s time for the CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT!! As always, Tahoma Audubon holds our CBC on the 3rd Saturday in December, so this year it will be on December 19. The first Christmas Bird Count was held on Christmas Day in 1900 - with 27 observers in 25 locations - as an alternative to the Side Hunt that was traditional at that time. Their new idea was to count, rather than shoot, the birds seen and it has truly caught on. Last year’s CBC included over 63,000 observers in 2,248 locations! Join us as we count all of our birds heard or seen in our Count Circle. It’s a fine tradition that is both enjoyable as well as useful. The accumulated data is used for various scientific projects and studies. This continues to be the largest and longest-running Citizen Science program in the world. Join us and continue to make history! National Audubon has changed to an all online format in order to avoid the need for publishing costs of the CBC Report, while also allowing more people to participate without the possible constraint of a fee. Donations to Audubon are of course accepted to assist with costs. After a day in the field, we meet – Indoors! – to share dinner, stories of the day, and total up the species at our Tally Dinner, at Snake Lake Nature Center starting at 4:30. The meal is provided at a cost of $6.00 per birder. You can sign up directly with one of our 8 Area Coordinators or if you are unsure of where you want to count, you can e-mail or call Faye McAdams Hands, Tahoma Audubon Count Coordinator – zest4parus@hotmail.com or home:(360) 275-0553, cell: (253) 278-3712. CBCmapColor.jpg Visit: http://tahomaaudubon.org/CBC for more information on the 8 areas or to sign up with area leaders before Saturday. Happy Holidays, Krystal Kyer, MES Executive Director Adriana Hess Audubon Center 2917 Morrison Road W. University Place, WA 98466 Center: (253) 565-9278 Membership: (253) 565-9129 www.tahomaaudubon.org Partners in Education with the Tacoma Nature Center Become a member. Donate Today to our Annual Fund drive going on now! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Krystal Kyer" <kkyer@tahomaaudubon.org> Date: Dec 17, 2015 2:30 PM Subject: Dec.19th is Tahoma Audubon's Christmas Bird Count! To: "tacoma-environews" <Tacoma-EnviroNews@cityoftacoma.org> Cc: THE 116th * <http://www.christmasbirdcount.org/>* *Christmas Bird Count * is almost HERE! *Calling all Birders!* It’s time for the CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT!! As always, Tahoma Audubon holds our CBC on the 3rd Saturday in December, so this year it will be on *December 19.* As you may know, the first Christmas Bird Count was held on Christmas Day in 1900 - with 27 observers in 25 locations - as an alternative to the Side Hunt that was traditional at that time. Their new idea was to count, rather than shoot, the birds seen and it has truly caught on. Last year’s CBC included over 63,000 observers in 2,248 locations! Join us as we count all of our birds heard or seen in our Count Circle. It’s a fine tradition that is both enjoyable as well as useful. The accumulated data is used for various scientific projects and studies. This continues to be the largest and longest-running Citizen Science program in the world. Join us and continue to make history! National Audubon has changed to an all on-line format in order to avoid the need for publishing costs of the CBC Report, while also allowing more people to participate without the possible constraint of a fee. Donations to Audubon are of course accepted to assist with costs. After a day in the field, we meet – Indoors! – to share dinner, stories of the day, and total up the species at our Tally Dinner, at Snake Lake Nature Center starting at 4:30. The meal is provided at a cost of $6.00 per birder. You can sign up directly with one of our 8 Area Coordinators or if you are unsure of where you want to count, you can e-mail or call me directly – Faye McAdams Hands, Tahoma Audubon Count Coordinator – zest4parus@hotmail.com or home:(360) 275-0553, cell: (253) 278-3712. [image: CBCmapColor.jpg] Visit: http://tahomaaudubon.org/CBC for more information or to sign up with area leaders before Saturday! Krystal Kyer, MES Executive Director *Adriana Hess Audubon Center* 2917 Morrison Road W. University Place, WA 98466 Center: (253) 565-9278 Membership: (253) 565-9129 www.tahomaaudubon.org *Partners in Education with the Tacoma Nature Center* *Become a member <http://tahomaaudubon.org/Membership>.* *Donate Today <https://tahoma.z2systems.com/np/clients/tahoma/donation.jsp?campaign=2&> **to our Annual Fund drive going on now!*