The 51st Bigfork Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will be held on Saturday, December 20, with Chris West serving as the new organizer and compiler. New counters are welcome, along with all returnees. If you plan on participating, please notify Chris via email prior to December 1. If you have been a region leader in past years, please indicate as soon as possible if you plan on returning or not. All other participants are asked to indicate whether they are new or returning, and whether they have experience and/or a preference for counting a particular section.
Bigfork CBC packets with bird checklists and their respective sub-region maps will be emailed out to region leaders the first week of December, if not before. If there are multiple people in your region, please get your group together and form a plan to ensure adequate coverage.
All counters will be notified of a post-count meeting location once one is chosen. Packets with maps and bird checklists should be returned to Chris as soon as possible following the count so results can be tallied. You may
submit them via email, in person at the post-count meeting, as an eBird trip report, or by depositing them in Chris’s mailbox at 215 Spruce Rd, Apartment E (mailbox E), Kalispell, 59901.
Chris may be reached by phone at 608-475-9016 (text message preferred) or email at chris.w.birder@gmail