Compiler: Dick Norton
Contact: richardjnorton [at] gmail.com or (310) 430-8050
The 2025 Malibu Christmas Bird Count takes place on Sunday, December 14th. The 15-mile diameter count circle, centered in Malibu, is partitioned into 45 sub-areas. The count circle can be found on this map:
https://gis.audubon.org/christmasbirdcount/If you are interested in participating, please contact Dick Norton. He will provide you with a map of a sub-area to cover. You should at least be able to identify the common birds of the area to participate in the count.
We assign people to areas ahead of time, but you are welcome to ask to join up until early the morning of the count. We will meet as usual at 1 PM at Malibu Bluffs Park at the southern end of Malibu Canyon Road, just south of Pacific Coast Highway, to review what has been found, but participants are also welcome to simply email results to me.
If you live in Malibu, Topanga, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Agoura, or Westlake Village, and have feeders in your yard, or feeders or birds in your neighborhood that you can report on, please advise Dick.
If you or someone you know has a boat that would be willing to travel offshore from Topanga to Point Dume, and allow one or two experienced bird counters aboard, please also advise Dick.
