Tehachapi Christmas Bird Count of 2013

On Monday the 23rd of December, two days before Christmas, five diligent volunteers committed to counting all of the birds in a fifteen mile radius here in Tehachapi Valley. Unfortunately, only two volunteers were there from the Tehachapi area, one team came from Fresno and another drove in from Ridgecrest. This was the 114th consecutive year for the Worldwide Christmas Bird Count.

Larry Parameter, our area compiler, just came in with our numbers. We had a total of 3,410 birds representing 83 different species. The number of birds were down from previous years but conjecture was that this was due to our drier weather. It's a big area and a lot of birds to count maybe you could help next year.If you'd like to see our complete CBC list, go to our web-site; http://www.kastehachapibird.com/

If you'd like to learn more about the Worldwide Christmas Bird Count, go to; birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count