2020 Christmas Bird Count

The Los Angeles Christmas Bird Count is going to be held Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021

In 2012, Audubon dropped the $5 fee to participate in the CBC, and most counts did away with the online registration process. Please consider donating to Audubon directly to support the count (including data management): http://www.audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count

HOW TO CONTACT ME

Before the count: Please use EITHER my “work” email which is dan@cooperecological.com or gmail, which is lathrotriccus@gmail.com. Please do not use a Yahoo address to send me emails/messages.

Day of count: text is best: 323.397.3562

Via ebird: LosAngelesCBC

MEETING TIMES/LOCS

SPECIAL COVID INFORMATION

Due to COVID-19 concerns, we can’t do group meet-ups where random people show up.

However, I’d still like to assign a small number of people large, bird-rich areas that they can cover together.

EMAIL ME IF YOU’D LIKE TO BIRD AS A “DISPERSED GROUP” IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

-  Del Rey Lagoon, Playa del Rey

-  Kenneth Hahn Park, nr Culver City

-  Echo Park Lake (meet 7 AM at boathouse)

OTHERWISE…

1. If you’ve done this CBC last year/before, please contact me and let me know if you’d like to do the same area you covered in the past.

2. If you’d like a new area, contact me and let me know that too.

3. If this is your first time (or if you were with a group before), please either:

            Count in your neighborhood, or

            Contact me for ideas on where to go.

HOW THIS WORKS (ON COUNT DAY)

We count all morning, then you text me at some point to me know if you got any rarities, or missed any common birds you were pretty sure you’d find (we can discuss this in advance).

Cell: 323.397.3562

Some people continue to count in the afternoon/evening (areas that weren’t well covered, or later for owls), or will chase birds that were found that morning.

Please use the computer or device you’re reading this on to locate all of the locations mentioned above or below, but feel free to confirm details with me.

HOW TO SUBMIT DATA

Starting in 2015-16, we switched to an “all-eBird data collection” procedure, as follows:

1. Count birds at your location, and keep track of numbers of all species seen or heard;

2. Enter your (or your group’s) sightings into eBird (www.ebird.org), ideally using existing “hotspots”;

3. While viewing your completed list, click “Share w/ Others in Your Party” on the right-hand side, and share with the following username: 

LosAngelesCBC 

Please DO NOT share your lists with “Dan Cooper”, “lathrotriccus@gmail.com”, dan@cooperecological.com” or “dcooper137”

4. I will then log in as user LosAngelesCBC and “accept” your list, which adds it to the database. Failure to do this means your checklist isn’t counted in the total.

5. If you can’t figure out how to use ebird, send me a list of your total species and individuals, and I can do it for you.

I will post a summary of the count a few days afterward, but you’ll always be able to see your sightings, and others’ who did the count, in eBird.

That’s it!

Dan Cooper, Los Angeles CBC Compiler