Maine

The 115th Christmas Bird Count is upon us! The count period runs from December 14 to January 5 every year and despite the meteorological challenges last year, the 114th CBC still produced record-breaking levels of participation: For the fifth season in a row, there were more counts and more observers included than ever before!

Each of the citizen scientists who annually braves snow, wind, or rain, to take part in the Christmas Bird Count makes an enormous contribution to conservation. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this longest-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations – and to help guide conservation action.

From feeder-watchers and field observers to count compilers and regional editors, everyone who takes part in the Christmas Bird Count does it for love of birds and the excitement of friendly competition — and with the knowledge that their efforts are making a difference for science and bird conservation. Click here to learn more about how the Christmas Bird Count helps birds.

Results

The results of the 114th CBC are available here (note the New England States are not posted as of Nov 2014).

How to eBird your CBCs

As a reminder, here is a link to our post last year about how to properly use eBird while you are conducting your Christmas Counts: http://content.ebird.org/me/news/ebirding-your-cbcs/

List of Maine CBCs

If you are still looking for a count to help with, a complete list of Christmas Bird Counts in Maine is available at: http://maineaudubon.org/birding/christmas-bird-count/.

 
Many thanks in advance to all of who participate in both eBird and the CBC. Our collective knowledge of birds has grown exponentially thanks to the efforts of citizen scientists like yourselves. Everyone at Team eBird enthusiastically participates in our local CBCs, so please get out there, have fun, and enjoy the compilations!