Post by Gord on Dec 18, 2008 23:10:45 GMT -8
The Chilliwack Christmas Bird Count is on Saturday Dec 20. Even if you are not planning on going out on a route this year, you can still be a part even with a few minute's effort.
Counting what you see in your backyard and at your feeders can be very useful. How to do it is simple. How much time you spend on it is entirely up to you!
Just keep track of the number of each species you see and the total amount of time you spent looking at birds during the day. Tally it up, provide a name and contact number, address you counted at and email it to me and I will make sure it gets into the rest of the count. For more details, read on. To send me an email, see the bottom of this post.
To count the birds, keep track of every species you identify. The number of birds to submit is to count the most you see together at one time. For example, if you saw three Black-capped Chickadees together at your feeders at 10 am, but then saw five together at noon, you would count five Black-capped Chickadees. If you then saw eight at 3pm, your count would go to eight (and so forth). Dont add three to five, or five to eight etc.
For species that you can tell the difference between (such as male and female House Finches, adult and juvenile White-crowned Sparrows etc) you shouldnt separate these birds and count them separately and then add them together to get a more actual number of this species. While it might make sense, it does not follow the same counting procedure that all counters follow. To help make the data scientifically valid, we all try to do things similar to each other to reduce variables that effect the data.
I hope some Chilliwack bird enthusiasts will be able to participate. For the Abbotsford count on the 27th, those in Abbotsford are most welcome to help out.
To easily email me, click on the email icon to the left of this post under my name and information. See the image below for help. The red arrow points to the email icon.
Counting what you see in your backyard and at your feeders can be very useful. How to do it is simple. How much time you spend on it is entirely up to you!
Just keep track of the number of each species you see and the total amount of time you spent looking at birds during the day. Tally it up, provide a name and contact number, address you counted at and email it to me and I will make sure it gets into the rest of the count. For more details, read on. To send me an email, see the bottom of this post.
To count the birds, keep track of every species you identify. The number of birds to submit is to count the most you see together at one time. For example, if you saw three Black-capped Chickadees together at your feeders at 10 am, but then saw five together at noon, you would count five Black-capped Chickadees. If you then saw eight at 3pm, your count would go to eight (and so forth). Dont add three to five, or five to eight etc.
For species that you can tell the difference between (such as male and female House Finches, adult and juvenile White-crowned Sparrows etc) you shouldnt separate these birds and count them separately and then add them together to get a more actual number of this species. While it might make sense, it does not follow the same counting procedure that all counters follow. To help make the data scientifically valid, we all try to do things similar to each other to reduce variables that effect the data.
I hope some Chilliwack bird enthusiasts will be able to participate. For the Abbotsford count on the 27th, those in Abbotsford are most welcome to help out.
To easily email me, click on the email icon to the left of this post under my name and information. See the image below for help. The red arrow points to the email icon.
