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The National Audubon Society ~ Christmas Bird Count 
​

Every year between December 14th - January 5th the National Audubon Society conducts their winter bird survey called the Christmas Bird Count or CBC.  There are over 2000 counts in the Western hemisphere.  Each count is a one day survey of an area. The areas are 15-mile diameter circles that have been established through Audubon and are in the same area each year.  Each circle is run by a CBC compiler who coordinates the survey of that circle. The compiler picks a date between the Dec. 14th - Jan. 5th and recruits participants to look for all the birds they can find that day, counting the species and individual birds for a total tally of what was seen or heard.

Christmas Bird Counts are fun to participant in and many birders do more than one in the season, some do five or six counts!
You don't have to be a seasoned birder to join in a CBC and all compilers welcome new birders. 
​If you live within a CBC circle you can join in the fun and count the birds at your feeders, in the yard or on your farm.

Below are the Christmas Bird Counts held in West Virginia.  Two of counts listed have center points outside WV but cover areas within the state.  To learn more, contact one of the compilers below or go to the NAS website Audubon's Christmas Bird Count. 

​West Virginia Christmas Bird Counts

The 122nd Christmas Bird Count season:  December 14, 2021 - January 5th 2022 
To see last seasons data go to our 121st Christmas Bird Count page.
We have all of the WV results from the last six seasons on our 121st WV CBC season & WV CBC Archives pages. 

Thanks to all of our WV CBC compilers for your hard work organizing, and thanks to all of the participants that come out every year!

The 122nd Audubon Christmas Bird Count
​Listed below are all the Christmas Bird Counts in West Virginia
 This seasons WV CBC dates have been confirmed
NAS 122nd CBC Active Circle Map

​

"Click" on the count name for GPS center point in Google Maps  ~  "Click" on the count code for the complete CBC circle map. 
Count Name/County(s)
CBC Code/Date
Compilers
Contact Information
​Athens-Princeton Area
​(Mercer County)
(WVAP)
Sunday December 26th​
​Ron Canterbury
(513) 556-9570
​Canaan
​(Tucker & Randolph Counties)
(WVCA)
​​​​Sunday December 19th
​Casey Rucker
(304) 866-4004
Charles Town
​(Jefferson County)
(WVCT)
​ ​​​​​Sunday December 19th
​Bob Dean
(304) 671-4995
​Charleston
​(Kanawha County)
(WVCH)
​​​Saturday December 18th​
​Doren Burrel
​(304) 553-8592
​Elkins
​(Randolph County)
(WVEL)
Monday January 3rd
​Rich Bailey​
​(703) 307-1790
​Pendleton County
​(Pendleton County) 
(WVPC)
​​Tuesday December 21st
​Fred Atwood
​(703) 242-1675
​Hampshire County
​(Hampshire County)
(WVHC)
​Sunday January 2nd
​David Malakoff
(703) 851-2206
​Huntington
​(Cabell & Wayne Counties)
(WVHU)
Sunday January 2nd​​

​David Patick
​(304) 633-4450
Inwood
​(Berkley County)
​(WVIN)
Sunday January 2nd​​​​​
​Bob Dean
​(304) 671-4995
​Lewisburg
​(Greenbrier County)
(WVLE)
​​​​Sunday December 19th​​​​​
​Larry Davis
Benjamin Handley
(304) 646-0602
​
​McDowell County
​(McDowell County)
​(WVMC)
​​Wednesday December 22nd
​Allen Waldron
​(304) 573-3247
Moorefield
​(Hardy County)
(WVMF)
​​Monday December 20th​
Kyle Rambo
​Darrell Good
301-757-0005
​
​Morgantown
​(Monongalia County)
(WVMO)
​Saturday December 18th
​LeJay Graffious
(304) 379-7505
​Oak Hill
​(Fayette County)
​(WVOH)
Tuesday December 28th​​​​
​Hilarie Jones
Paul Shaw
​(304) 663-0876
(724) 678-4604
​Ona
​(Cabell & Mason Counties)
(WVON)
​​​​Saturday December 18th
​David Patick
​(304) 633-4450
Parkersburg
​(Wood County)
(WVPK)
​​​Saturday December 18th
​Dick & Jeanette Esker
​(304) 863-8765
​Pipestem Area
​(Summers County)
(WVPA)
​​​Saturday December 18th​
​Jim Phillips
​(304) 466-1275​
Pocahontas County
​(Pocahontas County)
​(WVPH)
​​Saturday December 18th
​Rich Bailey
​(703) 307-1790​
Point Pleasant
(Mason County)
(WVPP)
Sunday December 26th​
Josh Holland​
(304) 675 0981​
Raleigh County
​(Raleigh County)
(WVRC)
​​​​Sunday December 19th
​Allen Waldron​
​(304) 573-3247​
​​Wheeling
Ohio County, WV
Belmont County, OH
​
​(WVWH)
​Wednesday December 15th

​Molly Check
​(304) 242-6855
​​Allegany County
​ (MD & WV)
​(MDAC)
​Saturday December 18th
Mark Eanes
(410) 349-7535
​​Buffalo Creek
​Ohio & Brooke Co., WV
​Washington Co., PA
​​(PABK)
​​​Sunday December 19th
​​Larry Helgerman
(412) 508-0321​​​

New WV CBC ~ Tygart Lake Area

Ross Brittian and Matt McKinney are looking to start a new Christmas Bird Count circle in the Tygart Lake area!  
​This looks to be a really good area for a count circle, it would include Tygart Lake, Pleasant Creek WMA, Valley Falls S.P., and many other diverse habitats. 

​This will be a trial year, and Ross and Matt are looking for participants to prove that this will be a great viable CBC for WV!
The count date is Wednesday December 29th, 2021 
Contact Ross or Matt to help make this our 22nd WV CBC!

For more information on West Virginia's Christmas Bird Counts
Contact the WV CBC State Editor 
brooksbirdclubweb@gmail.com
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