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The National Audubon Christmas Bird Count is the longest running survey of American bird populations ever conducted.
Learn how it all began
Learn how the data collected is used
Rochester's Annual Christmas Bird Count
Every December our volunteers work in teams to scout Rochester, Minnesota and the surrounding area for birds. We typically find more than 50 species and frequently turn up an unusual bird or two! Rochester has held more than 50 CBCs, the first one in 1959.
Everyone is welcome to join a count team. You do not need to be a bird expert and you will be paired with an experienced counter. We count from the warmth of cars or on short hikes. We also need feeder reports as well as field participants. Our numbers are reported to National Audubon and added to a CBC database that has been collected annually for more than 100 years! The Official Count period established by the National Audubon Society is Dec 14 thru Jan 5 (the same date window every year).
When & where
The Rochester, MN Count Circle is centered at Hwy 52 & 37th St. NW. We all meet at the west Silver Lake parking lot (near the former fire station) at 7:15am. We divide up into groups - with at least one experienced birder in each group. Each group is assigned a count area and then off we go. A mid-day tally is held at Quarry Hill Nature Center from noon to 1pm and a final tally at 4:45pm at the same location. Want to help? Contact our master count compiler Clifford Hansen at clhroch@yahoo.com
In 2017 our count was held on Saturday, December 16.
More resources and reference material:
CBC Field Tally Sheet (download xls file)
CBC Registration Form (download xls file)
CBC Feeder Report Form (pdf file)
CBC Count Day Species Summary (download xls file)
CBC Data - All CBC results since 1959 - (Excel file - may not be compatible with Firefox)
CBC Data - All CBC results since 1959 - (PDF version)
CBC Count Circle Map (The circle is 15 miles in diameter with the center of the circle the middle of the 37th street bridge over Highway 52 (near IBM)
Rochester CBC Total Species Results (pdf) - Total Species found on Count Day + additional during Count Week (CW)
Learn how it all began
Learn how the data collected is used
Rochester's Annual Christmas Bird Count
Every December our volunteers work in teams to scout Rochester, Minnesota and the surrounding area for birds. We typically find more than 50 species and frequently turn up an unusual bird or two! Rochester has held more than 50 CBCs, the first one in 1959.
Everyone is welcome to join a count team. You do not need to be a bird expert and you will be paired with an experienced counter. We count from the warmth of cars or on short hikes. We also need feeder reports as well as field participants. Our numbers are reported to National Audubon and added to a CBC database that has been collected annually for more than 100 years! The Official Count period established by the National Audubon Society is Dec 14 thru Jan 5 (the same date window every year).
When & where
The Rochester, MN Count Circle is centered at Hwy 52 & 37th St. NW. We all meet at the west Silver Lake parking lot (near the former fire station) at 7:15am. We divide up into groups - with at least one experienced birder in each group. Each group is assigned a count area and then off we go. A mid-day tally is held at Quarry Hill Nature Center from noon to 1pm and a final tally at 4:45pm at the same location. Want to help? Contact our master count compiler Clifford Hansen at clhroch@yahoo.com
In 2017 our count was held on Saturday, December 16.
More resources and reference material:
CBC Field Tally Sheet (download xls file)
CBC Registration Form (download xls file)
CBC Feeder Report Form (pdf file)
CBC Count Day Species Summary (download xls file)
CBC Data - All CBC results since 1959 - (Excel file - may not be compatible with Firefox)
CBC Data - All CBC results since 1959 - (PDF version)
CBC Count Circle Map (The circle is 15 miles in diameter with the center of the circle the middle of the 37th street bridge over Highway 52 (near IBM)
Rochester CBC Total Species Results (pdf) - Total Species found on Count Day + additional during Count Week (CW)
2017 Count - final report
Photos from the 2017 Count are below:
Photos from the 2017 Count are below:
2016xmascount_synopsis.pdf
Photos from the 2016 count
2016 Rochester CBC Section Leaders were: (see count circle map above for locations of sections)
1. Sandy Hokanson
2. Dave Squillace
3. Jerry Pruett / Rod Bolterman
5. Jim Peterson
6. Joyce and Terry Grier
8. John McCormick
9. Ken Nichols