Posted by Brian Rapoza on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
The information I posted above was for the Miami-Dade County CBC, which took place on December 19. This CBC covers areas in the northern half of Miami-Dade County. Yesterday's CBC, called the Kendall CBC and coordinated by Bill Boeringer, covers areas in the southern half of Miami-Dade County, including where you live, Naisy. It must be noted, though, that each CBC takes place within a fixed geographic circle that is 15 miles in diameter, so there are a number of areas in Miami-Dade County that are not within either of these CBC circles. Data can only be accepted if it is collected within the circle. In order for backyard birders to participate in a CBC in Miami-Dade County, they first need to know if their residence is located within either of the two CBC circles mentioned above. Email Bill or me to find out the answer to that question. You also need to know on what date each of the CBCs is taking place. Our email addresses and count dates can be found at http://www.tropicalaudubon.org/birds/citizen-science/christmas-bird-count. Backyard data, that is the species of birds seen or heard and the number of individuals of each species counted, can only be submitted for the designated date of the count. Species can be counted for "count week," that is, three days before and three days after the official date of the count, only if that species was not counted anywhere within the count circle on the day of the count. It's thus really important that backyard birders do their count on the official date for that count. I hope this information is helpful to local backyard birders. As more data is received from backyards within our CBC circles and can be submitted with our CBC totals, we'll gain a more and more accurate understanding of the status of wintering birds in our county.