Every year the National Audubon Society conducts this count, and the local count of the 15-mile diameter circle centered on Tuckerton is organized by the Southern Ocean Birding Group (SOBG). The CBC is the longest running citizen science project in North America – this will be the 124th annual count. The purpose is to identify bird species that are present, and the data are subsequently used for conservation activities and other research.

This will be a fun event and both new and experienced birders can help out.  Participants will be organized into groups and look for birds from dawn to dusk.

Morry Kapitan will be organizing the teams and assigning count sectors in advance of the count and emailing out any count materials. More details will follow once I know who will be participating. If you can’t attend for the whole day, that is fine as some sectors are only birded for half of the day. Your choices are all day, morning or afternoon.

We usually meet at the Dynasty Diner in Tuckerton for lunch. If you want to skip lunch that is okay. Also, we usually meet to discuss and finalize the count numbers at around 5pm, if we can set it up.

Please let Morry (mlkapitan@me.com) know if you can attend and for which portions of the day.