Hello birding friends,
Getting to the end of the year and needing some more volunteer hours to hit your goal for 2024? Any birders that just have been waiting to wrap the year up with a great birding event? Well, if either applies to you I’ve got GREAT NEWS! Audubon’s 125th Christmas Bird Count (and Prairies Oaks Chapter 7th year participating) will be held December 14,2024 from 8am to 4 pm and we’re asking you to join our teams.
In the past we have had the pleasure of not only Prairie Oaks Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist Program but our neighboring chapters Cross Timbers and Rio Brazos, as well as community members join us and we are extending the invitation once again for ALL to contact me and let me know if you would like to be added to our teams for 2024.
You don’t have to be an expert birder to participate. The teams are made of spotters, recorders, drivers/navigators, lead birder, and photographers. So there are choices for everyone joining a team. We are hoping for 20 to 25 volunteers again this year. We do need at least one good birder on each team to provide/confirm positive id.
Information and materials will be provided to each team on the day of the event and more details will be shared as final plans are made.
Please contact Chris and Dayna Inbody to let them know if you are interested in joining this year so they can start putting together the teams. The contact information is inbodyd@gmail.com. If you have any suggestions or questions please let them know.
If you are a member of the Prairie Oaks chapter this is an approved project and can be logged under VMS FR: Bird Populations specify location and activities in “Describe your service” when you report NAS CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT (POMN).
Look forward to seeing you soon,
Dayna Inbody
817-279-3398