North Carolina Christmas Bird Counts and South Carolina Christmas Bird Counts
Take part in National Audubon's 122nd Christmas Bird Count this season. The count period runs each year from December 14 through January 5. Look through the list of counts below and join the fun! If you'd like to participate in a count, contact the organizer listed in the table. (Click on their name to get their email address.) Christmas Bird Counts are an excellent chance to join fellow birders of all experience levels, and allow you to participate in a tradition that dates back to 1900! And there is no longer any fee for participation! If you are a count coordinator and also a Carolina Bird Club member, you can login and update your count information yourself. Enter here To locate a count in your area, look at the map of all Christmas Bird Counts in the Carolinas. If you are interested in participating in one of these counts, click on the coordinator's name to get their email address. If you are a count coordinator and your count is not listed here, or you need to change contact information or register a new count, please email Kent Fiala. You can also send me any date changes or corrections, or you can make them yourself via the link on the right. Learn about the Christmas Bird Count at the official Audubon site, at wikipedia, or everywhere. | ||||
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | ||||
Mount Jefferson, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website Note |
Sunday, December 19, 2021 | ||||
Stone Mountain, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website Note |
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 | ||||
Upper Yadkin River Valley, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website Note |
This year's dates for the counts below have not yet been received. Contact information, if any, is a year or more out of date. Closer to count season, you may also be able to find contact information by looking up a count at Audubon's Christmas Bird Count page. | ||||
Ace Basin (secret count), SC | map | Note | ||
Aiken, SC | Calvin Zippler | 803 508-0692 | map | |
Alamance County, NC | Ken Lady | map | ||
Alligator River N.W.R., NC | Jeff Lewis | 252-216-6336 | map | Note |
Augusta, GA | Lois Stacey | 803-215-1594 | map | |
Balsam, NC | Don Hendershot | map | ||
Bodie-Pea Island, NC | Jeff Lewis, Al Hooks | map | Note | |
Brevard, NC | Norma Siebenheller | 828-884-5443 | map | |
Buncombe County, NC | Tom Tribble | map | ||
Camp Lejeune, NC | Emily Gaydos | map | Note | |
Cape Hatteras, NC | Patricia Moore | 252-995-4777 | map | Note |
Carolina Sandhills N.W.R., SC | Nancy Jordan | 843-335-6026 | map | |
Catawba Valley, NC | Dwayne Martin, Lori Owenby | 828-234-6041, 828-962-9612 | map | |
Central Beaufort County, NC | Kevin O'Kane | 252-946-3003 | map | |
Chapel Hill, NC | Will Cook | 919-477-9395 | map | Note |
Charleston, SC | Jennifer McCarthey Tyrrell | map | ||
Charlotte, NC | Ken Kneidel | 704 365-5609 | map | Note |
Clemson, SC | J.Drew Lanham | map | ||
Columbia, SC | Caroline Eastman, Steve Dennis | 803-466-2840 | map | Note |
Congaree Swamp, SC | John Grego, Kathleen O'Grady | 803-331-3366, 803-315-4199 | map | Note |
Cumberland County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Danville, VA | Laura Meder | map | ||
Durham, NC | Jacob Socolar, Jeff Pippen | 919.636.0326, 919-801-0662 | map | |
Falls Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Four Holes Swamp, SC | Matt Johnson | (843) 462-2150 | map | Note |
Franklin, NC | Rita St. Clair | map | Note | |
Gastonia, NC | Steve Tracy | 704-853-0654 | map | Note |
Grandfather Mountain, NC | Jesse Pope | 828-733-2013 | map | |
Greensboro, NC | Elizabeth Link | 336-273-4672 | map | |
Greenville, NC | Howard Vainright, Dr. Veronica Pantelidis | 252-752-3203 | map | |
Hanging Rock State Park, NC | Jean Chamberlain | 336-983-6543 | map | Note |
Haw River, NC | Brian Bockhahn | map | ||
Henderson County, NC | Kevin Burke | 828-697-6628 | map | |
Highlands Plateau, NC | Brock Hutchins | 770-486-3715 | map | |
Hilton Head Island, SC | Susan Murphy | map | ||
Holly Shelter & Lea-Hutaff I, NC | Carson Wood | 910-859-9425 | map | |
Iredell County, NC | Ron Underwood | 828-632-4739 | map | Note |
Jordan Lake, NC | Tom Driscoll | 919-636-0482 | map | |
Keowee, SC | Stephen Schutt | map | ||
Kerr Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Kitty Hawk, NC | Jeff Lewis, Al Hooks | 252-216-6336 | map | Note |
Lake Lure, NC | Marshall Brooks | 828-395-1636 | map | |
Lake Wateree, SC | Lex Glover | 803.603.6461 | map | Note |
Litchfield-Pawleys Island, SC | Chris Hill | 843-234-1810 | map | Note |
Long Cane, SC | Joyce Foster, Steve Patterson | map | Note | |
Lowcountry, SC | Buddy Campbell | 843-252-8025 | map | |
Lower Saluda, SC | Kent Bedenbaugh | 803.463.5872 | map | Note |
Mattamuskeet N.W.R., NC | Susan Campbell | 910-585-0574 | map | Note |
McClellanville (secret count), SC | Nathan Dias | map | Note | |
Morehead City, NC | John Fussell | 252-342-0169 | map | |
Mount Rogers-White Top Mountain, VA | Allen Boynton | 276-677-4121 | map | |
New Bern, NC | Wade Fuller | 252.229.8012 | map | Note |
New River, NC | Lisa Benish | map | ||
North Greenville, SC | Denise DuPon | map | Note | |
Ocracoke Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note |
Pamlico County, NC | Diane Midness, Liz Lathrop | map | Note | |
Pee Dee Area, SC | Shawn Smolen-Morton | 765-252-9759 | map | Note |
Pee Dee N.W.R., NC | Judy Walker | map | ||
Pettigrew S.P., NC | Charlotte Davis, Ed Corey | map | Note | |
Pilot Mountain, NC | Brian Bockhahn | map | ||
Pinewood, SC | Hutch Collins | 803-361-2411 | map | |
Portsmouth Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note |
Raleigh, NC | Brian O'Shea | map | Note | |
Raven Rock S.P., NC | Erik Thomas | 919-880-7809 | map | Note |
Roan Mountain, TN | Rick Knight | 423-282-5297 | map | |
Roanoke Rapids, NC | Fred Lobdell | 252-257-2487 | map | Note |
Rockingham County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | map | ||
Rocky Mount, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Rocky River, SC | Andy Norris | map | Note | |
Santee N.W.R. (secret count), SC | Nathan Dias | map | Note | |
Savannah, GA | Larry Carlile | 912-927-6726 | map | |
Savannah River Site, SC | Mark Vukovich | map | Note | |
Sea Islands, SC | Aaron Given | map | Note | |
Southern Lake Norman, NC | Taylor Piephoff | 704-808-0529 | map | |
Southern Pines, NC | Susan Campbell | 910 585-0574 | map | Note |
Southport-Bald Head-Oak Islands, NC | Ron Clark | 704-860-4469 | map | |
Spartanburg, SC | Lyle Campbell | 864-585-1228 | map | Note |
Sun City-Okatie, SC | Jim Cubie | map | ||
Wayne County, NC | Mae Howell | 919-580-8330 | map | |
Wilmington, NC | Sam Cooper | 910-617-2001 | map | Note |
Winston-Salem, NC | Nathan Gatto | (336)416-3182 | map | Note |
Winyah Bay, SC | Lex Glover | 803-603-6461 | map | Note |
Yancey County-Burnsville, NC | Russ Oates | map | ||
York-Rock Hill, SC | Bill Hilton, Jr. | 803-684-5852 | map | Note |