The National Audubon Society ~ Christmas Bird Count 
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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 Audubon's Christmas Bird Count. 

​West Virginia Christmas Bird Counts

The 122st 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 five seasons on our WV CBC Archives page. 
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 122st Audubon Christmas Bird Count
​Listed below are all the Christmas Bird Counts in West Virginia
 This seasons WV CBC dates will be listed when confirmed
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"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)
​TBA
​Ron Canterbury
(513) 556-9570
​Canaan
​(Tucker & Randolph Counties)
(WVCA)
TBA
​Casey Rucker
(304) 866-4004
Charles Town
​(Jefferson County)
(WVCT)
​ ​​​​​TBA
​Bob Dean
(304) 671-4995
​Charleston
​(Kanawha County)
(WVCH)
TBA​​​
​Doren Burrel
​(304) 553-8592
​Elkins
​(Randolph County)
(WVEL)
TBA
​Rich Bailey​
​(703) 307-1790
​Pendleton County
​(Pendleton County) 
(WVPC)
​​TBA
​Fred Atwood
​(703) 242-1675
​Hampshire County
​(Hampshire County)
(WVHC)
​TBA
​David Malakoff
(703) 851-2206
​Huntington
​(Cabell & Wayne Counties)
(WVHU)
​TBA
​David Patick
​(304) 633-4450
Inwood
​(Berkley County)
​(WVIN)
​​TBA​​
​Bob Dean
​(304) 671-4995
​Lewisburg
​(Greenbrier County)
(WVLE)
​​​​TBA​​​​​
​Larry Davis
Benjamin Handley
(304) 646-0602
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​McDowell County
​(McDowell County)
​(WVMC)
​​TBA
​Allen Waldron
​(304) 573-3247
Moorefield
​(Hardy County)
(WVMF)
​​TBA​
Kyle Rambo
​Darrell Good
301-757-0005
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​Morgantown
​(Monongalia County)
(WVMO)
​TBA
​LeJay Graffious
(304) 379-7505
​Oak Hill
​(Fayette County)
​(WVOH)
​​​TBA​
​Hilarie Jones
Paul Shaw
​(304) 663-0876
(724) 678-4604
​Ona
​(Cabell & Mason Counties)
(WVON)
TBA​​​​
​David Patick
​(304) 633-4450
Parkersburg
​(Wood County)
(WVPK)
​​TBA
​Dick & Jeanette Esker
​(304) 863-8765
​Pipestem Area
​(Summers County)
(WVPA)
​​​TBA​
​Jim Phillips
​(304) 466-1275​
Pocahontas County
​(Pocahontas County)
​(WVPH)
​​TBA
​Rich Bailey
​(703) 307-1790​
Point Pleasant
(Mason County)
(WVPP)
TBA​
Josh Holland​
(304) 675 0981​
Raleigh County
​(Raleigh County)
(WVRC)
​​​TBA​
​Allen Waldron​
​(304) 573-3247​
​​Wheeling
Ohio County, WV
Belmont County, OH​
​(WVWH)
​TBA​
​Molly Check
​(304) 242-6855
​​Allegany County
​ (MD & WV)
​(MDAC)
​TBA
Mark Eanes
(410) 349-7535
​​Buffalo Creek
​Ohio & Brooke Co., WV
​Washington Co., PA
​​(PABK)
​​TBA
​​Larry Helgerman
(412) 508-0321​​​
For more information on West Virginia's Christmas Bird Counts
Contact the WV CBC State Editor 
brooksbirdclubweb@gmail.com