BBC members are encouraged to participate in the 109th Christmas Bird Count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Thirty-four count circles are located entirely or partly within Massachusetts. Dates for some counts were not available at press time. If you want to participate in a count, please contact the compiler at least one week in advance. For more information and to see last year's results, visit the Audubon website.
Date TBD
Central Berkshire: Thomas Collins 413-499-2799
Cobble Mountain: Seth Kellogg 413-569-3335
Mid-Cape Cod: Peter Trimble and Jeremiah Trimble
Newport County, RI - Westport, MA: Robert Emerson
Plymouth: Trevor Lloyd-Evans 508-224-6521
Stellwagen Bank: Simon Perkins 781-259-2148
Truro: Tom Lipsky 978-897-5429
Tuckernuck: Simon Perkins and Richard Veit 781-259-2148
Sunday, December 14
Cape Ann: Barbara Volkle 508-393-9251
Cape Cod: Blair Nikula 508-432-6348
Greater Boston: Robert Stymeist 781-648-8766
Groton - Oxbow NWR: Julie Lisk 978-272-1151 and Peter Alden 978-369-5768
Northampton: Mary Alice Wilson 413-548-9078 and Jan Ortiz 413-549-1768
Westminster: Chuck Caron 978-874-5469
Tuesday, December 16
Sturbridge: Mark Lynch (Snow Date 12/17)
Saturday, December 20
Andover: Lou Wagner 978-927-1122
Athol: David Small 978-413-1772
Buzzards Bay: Jeremiah Trimble 508-498-9646
Millis: Elissa Landre 508-655-2296 x7301
New Bedford: Michael Boucher 508-990-3910 (Weather Date 12/21)
Northern Berkshire: Pamela Weatherbee 413-458-3538
Quincy: Glenn d'Entremont 781-344-5857
Springfield: George Kingston 413-525-6742
Worcester: John Liller 508-839-5211
Saturday, December 27
Nantucket: Ken Blackshaw 508-228-0709 and Edie Ray 508-228-1693
Quabbin: Scott Surner 413-256-5438
Sunday, December 28
Greenfield: Mark Fairbrother 413-367-2695
Marshfield: Sue MacCallum 781-837-9400
Newburyport: Tom Young 603-424-4512 (cell)
Taunton-Middleboro: Jim Sweeney 401-465-6668
Thursday, January 1
Southern Berkshire: René Laubach 413-637-0320 x8351
Saturday, January 3
Martha's Vineyard: Robert Culbert 508-693-4908
Uxbridge: Strickland Wheelock 508-265-2896
Sunday, January 4
Concord: Hank Norwood 508-378-7524
