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Audubon Christmas Bird CountsMaine Audubon needs birders to cover different pieces of our 176-square-mile Christmas Count circle, checking every field and patch of woods for birds. This is a fun, important annual survey, with time in the field that brings together birders of all abilities. HistoryOn Christmas Day 1900, the group initiated an alternative to the traditional holiday 'side hunt,' in which teams competed to see who could shoot the most birds. Instead of hunting, the group counted the birds they saw, thus founding one of the most significant citizen-based conservation efforts and a century-old institution. Today, almost 55,000 volunteers from all 50 states, every Canadian province, parts of Central and South America, Bermuda, the West Indies, and Pacific islands will count and record every individual bird and bird species seen during one 24-hour calendar day. About 1,800 individual counts will be held during a two-and-a-half week period. Each group has a designated circle 15 miles in diameter - about 177 square miles - where they try to cover as much ground as possible within a day. When / WhereBelow is a list of counts for 2011. We have kept these counts on the site since they will give you an idea when the 2012 counts will be and who to contact for the different counts. The counts are usually a day or two of the previous year's count and the contact people are usually the same. We will update the list as soon as we get the dates. This usually happens around November.
Chronological listing of counts for 2011:
Farmington
Greater Portland
Jonesport/Moose Island
Lewiston/Auburn
Lower Kennebec/Sheepscot
Mount Desert Island
Orono/Old Town Saturday, December 17, 2011
Thomaston-Rockland
Unity Anna Schwarcz Sebasticook Regional Land Trust (207) 948-3766 anna@sebasticookrit.org Saturday, December 17, 2011
Blue Hill
Isle of Shoals Ben Griffith (603) 801-1856 bgriffith@gmail.com Sunday, December, 19, 2011
Waterville
Bunker Hill (Jefferson)
York County
Caribou-Limestone Bill Sheehan (207) 493-4658 bill.j.sheehan@gmail.com Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Pemaquid/Damariscotta
Eastport Maurry Mills (207)726-4494 mills8111@roadrunner.com TBA
Sweden (Bridgton
Area)
Bangor/Bucksport
Calais Maurry Mills (207) 726-4494 mills8111@roadrunner.com TBA
North Penobscot Bay
Presque Isle Bill Sheehan (207) 493-4658 bill.j.sheehan@gmail.com Saturday, December 31, 2011
Biddeford/Kennebunkport
Greater Deer Isle Freeport/Brunswick
Misery Township/The Forks Wendy Howes (978) 928-4737 curiousbooks@verizon.net Sunday, January 01, 2012
Schoodic Point William Townsend (207) 288-5654 wtownsend@roadrunner.com Sunday, January 1, 2012
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