New York State Ornithological Association


For the birders and birds of the Empire State   

108th New York State
Christmas Bird Count

2008-2009  Schedule

December 14, 2008 - January 5, 2009

CBC Coordinators:
Last Updated 12/17/08  
Please send us the date and contact information for your CBC.  You can use our handy online form.
An email acknowledgment will be sent to you as soon as your information has been posted, usually within a day after you send it in.

Useful CBC Links:  National Audubon Society CBC Page See Last Year's Schedule

Find a New York Count Circle

In the drop-down list above, an asterisk preceding a circle code indicates information is available on this page; click the code/name to find it below. Conversely, no asterisk indicates we don't have any 2008/2009 information about the circle's count yet.

Note:  The annual Christmas Bird Count is a project of the National Audubon Society.  NYSOA presents the schedule here to assist CBC volunteers and coordinators in planning.

Pileated Woodpecker pair, photo by Carena Pooth
Photo by Carena Pooth
Jump to Count Date
Sun 12/14Tues 12/16Sat 12/20Sun 12/21
Sat 12/27Sun 12/28Thurs 1/1
Sat 1/3
 
Counts shown against a yellow background are for non-NY or partially non-NY circles

CBC Participants:
Your help with this year's CBC is greatly appreciated!  Check out the information below to decide which circle or circles you'd like to work on.  Once you pick a circle, please contact the CBC coordinator to sign up. 
Email is the preferred contact method, so please try that first before calling.

 All information listed in the calendar below has been confirmed for this winter's CBC season.
Only those circles for which we have received specific information are shown.

Count
Code

Count Name

Contact

Email

Phone

Sunday, December 14, 2008

NYAC

Albany County

Alan Mapes

NYBI

Binghamton (Broome County)

Gail Kirch

607-723-3414

NYBL

Bolton Landing

Chris Krahling

518-644-9673

NYCA

Captree L.I.

Patricia Lindsay

NYCR

Cortland

Matt Young

607-345-7713

NYHF

Hudson Falls

Linda White


NYJA

Jamestown

Bob Sundell


716-484-2197

NJLH

Lower Hudson NJ/NY

Susan Elbin


212-691-7483

NYOS

Oswego-Fulton

Bill Purcell
Marge Rusk


315-668-2871
315-476-7635

NYPL

Plattsburgh, NY/VT

Judith Heintz

518-563-5273

NYQW

Quogue-Watermill L.I.

Steven Biasetti


631-874-4684
631-765-6450 ext 205

NYRH

Rochester

Robert Spahn

585-671-5690

NYRC

Rockland County

Alan Wells

845-942-5751

NYSB

St. Bonaventure

Regina M. VanScoy

 

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

NYCT

Catskill-Coxsackie

Richard Guthrie

518-756-9094

Saturday, December 20, 2008

NYBM

Beaver Meadow

Paul Fehringer

800-377-1520

NYBR

Brooklyn L.I.

Heidi Steiner

718-369-2116

NYCM

Chatham

William E. Cook

 

NYCL

Clinton

Matthew Perry

  

NYFR

Dunkirk-Fredonia

Joanne Goetz

716-673-1627

NYDC

Dutchess County

Bill Case

 

NYEO

Eastern Orange County

Robert Slechta

COUNT FULL

 

NYML

Mohonk Lake-Ashokan Res.

Steve M. Chorvas

845-246-5900

NYMK

Montauk L.I.

Hugh McGuinness
Angus Wilson


631-697-2099

NYMZ

Montezuma

Jane Graves

607-342-6096

NYOT

Oneonta

Andrew Mason

607-652-2162

NYPE

Peekskill (Northern Westchester)

Michael Newhouse

 

NYQU

Queens L.I.

Bob Dieterich

212-637-3794

NYSS

Saratoga Spa State Park

Larry Rowland

518-377-3959

NYST

Schenectady

Bill Lee

518-374-3426

NYSH

Sherburne

Fred von Mechow

607-674-4017 Ext. 625

NYSI

Staten Island

Ed Johnson

718-727-1135 Ext 110

NYSY

Syracuse

Kevin McGann

315-635-7013
or 315-243-1052

NYWL

Wilson-Lake Plains

Garner Light

716-772-5110

Sunday, December 21, 2008

NYBU

Buffalo

Bill Bogacki

716-435-4426 between 7-9PM

NYNW

New Woodstock

Matt Young

607-345-7713

NYSG

Sagaponack L.I.

Hugh McGuinness

631-697-2099

Saturday, December 27, 2008

NYCS

Central Suffolk County L.I.

Eileen Schwinn

516-662-7751

NYEZ

Elizabethtown

Matthew Medler

 

NYCH

Little Lakes
(Conesus-Hemlock-Honeoye)

Bob McKinney

585-482-3588

ONNF

 

Ontario/NY - Niagara Falls


NY: Willie D'Anna
ON: Kayo Roy

NY:
ON:

NY: 716-751-3637
ON: 905-892-4433

E-mail totals right after the count to Kayo Roy, with copy to Willie D'Anna.  Mail checks to: Kayo Roy, 13 Kinsman Court, Fonthill, ON. L0S 1E3.

NYSM

Smithtown L.I.

Richard Gostic

 631-929-0992

NYSR

Southern Rensselaer County

Phil Whitney

 

NYWG

Watkins Glen

Jack Brubaker

 

607-535-2356

Sunday, December 28, 2008

NYBW

Bronx-Westchester Region

Michael Bochnik


www.hras.org/bwcbc.html

914-237-9331

NYHE

Hamburg-East Aurora

Tom O'Donnell

 

NYOW

Owego
snow date 1/1/09

Rita Pantle

607-659-7366

NYRM

Rome, Oneida County

Bruce Carpenter

  

Thursday, January 1, 2009

NYEL

Elmira

Bill Ostrander

607-732-3370

NYIT

Ithaca

Kevin McGowan


NYOD

Oneida

Brenda Best

315-363-2906

NYHV

Pawling (Hidden Valley)

CT: Angela Dimmitt NY: Carena Pooth

CT:
NY:

CT: 860-355-3429
NY: 845-724-5107

Friday, January 2, 2009

NYFP

Fort Plain

Tom Salo

607-965-8232

Saturday, January 3, 2009

NYOR

Orient L.I.

MaryLaura Lamont

631-722-5542

NYPC

Putnam County

Charles Roberto

NYSL

Saranac Lake

Larry Master

617-285-9086 or
518-523-2214

NYSN

Southern Nassau County L.I.

Shai Mitra

631-666-7624

NYTR

Troy

Larry Alden

518-861-6087

 
 All information listed in the calendar above has been confirmed for this winter's CBC season.

CBC Links:         National Audubon Society CBC Page See Last Year's Schedule


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