North Carolina Christmas Bird Counts and South Carolina Christmas Bird Counts
Take part in National Audubon's 123rd 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! The 123rd Christmas Bird Count is over, but plan ahead for next year. Most of these counts are repeated each year. 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. | ||||
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 | ||||
Hanging Rock S.P., NC | Jean Chamberlain | 336-983-6543 | map | Note |
Hilton Head Island, SC | Susan Murphy | map | ||
Mount Jefferson, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website Note |
Thursday, December 15, 2022 | ||||
Hot Springs, NC | Mark Hopey | 828-736-1217 | map | |
Friday, December 16, 2022 | ||||
Grandfather Mountain, NC | Jesse Pope, Judi Sawyer | 828-733-2013 | map | |
Rocky Mount, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Yancey County-Burnsville, NC | Kat Dunham | 828-319-7746 | map | |
Saturday, December 17, 2022 | ||||
Carolina Sandhills N.W.R., SC | Nancy Jordan | 843-307-2387 | map | |
Columbia, SC | Hilda Flamholtz, Steve Dennis | 803-269-2845 | map | Note |
Gastonia, NC | Steve Tracy | 704-853-0654 | map | Note |
Greensboro, NC | Elizabeth Link | 336-273-4672 | map | |
Kitty Hawk, NC | Jeff Lewis, Al Hooks | 252-216-6336 | map | Note |
Raleigh, NC | Brian O'Shea | map | Note | |
Raven Rock S.P., NC | Erik Thomas | 919-880-7809 | map | Note |
Sun City-Okatie, SC | Andy Jones | map | ||
Wayne County, NC | Mae Howell | 919-580-8330 | map | Note |
York-Rock Hill, SC | Bill Hilton Jr. | 803-684-5852 | map | website Note |
Sunday, December 18, 2022 | ||||
Congaree Swamp, SC | John Grego, Kathleen O'Grady | 803-331-3366, 803-315-4199 | map | Note |
Durham, NC | Jeff Pippen, Jacob Socolar | 919.801.0662, 919.636.0326 | map | website Note |
Holly Shelter & Lea-Hutaff I, NC | Carson Wood | 910-859-9425 | map | website |
Morehead City, NC | John Fussell | 252-342-0169 | map | Note |
Pee Dee Area, SC | Shawn Smolen-Morton | 765-252-9759 | map | Note |
Southern Lake Norman, NC | Taylor Piephoff | 704-808-0529 | map | |
Southern Pines, NC | Jesse Grantham, John Bird | 805-746-0975, 843-544-5277 | map | Note |
Stone Mountain, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website Note |
Monday, December 19, 2022 | ||||
Four Holes Swamp, SC | Matt Johnson | (843) 487-9988 | map | Note |
New Bern, NC | Wade Fuller | 252.229.8012 | map | Note |
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 | ||||
Henderson County, NC | Kevin Burke | 828-697-6628 | map | |
Pamlico County, NC | Diane Midness, Liz Lathrop | 646 662 8346, 252-249-2646 | map | Note |
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | ||||
Haw River S.P., NC | Brian Bockhahn | map | ||
Thursday, December 22, 2022 | ||||
Rockingham County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | map | ||
Friday, December 23, 2022 | ||||
Pilot Mountain, NC | Brian Bockhahn | map | ||
Monday, December 26, 2022 | ||||
Chapel Hill, NC | Will Cook | 919-949-3678 | map | website Note |
Charlotte, NC | Matthew Withrow | map | ||
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 | ||||
Cape Hatteras, NC | Patricia Moore | 252-995-4777 | map | Note |
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 | ||||
Bodie-Pea Island, NC | Jeff Lewis, Al Hooks | 252-216-6336, 919-795-7575 | map | Note |
Thursday, December 29, 2022 | ||||
Mattamuskeet N.W.R., NC | Marc Ribaudo | 919-917-7752 | map | Note |
Spartanburg, SC | Lyle Campbell | 864-585-1228 | map | Note |
Friday, December 30, 2022 | ||||
Alligator River N.W.R., NC | Jeff Lewis | 252-216-6336 | map | Note |
Litchfield-Pawleys Island, SC | Chris Hill | 843-234-1810 | map | Note |
Pettigrew S.P., NC | Charlotte Davis, Ed Corey | map | Note | |
Portsmouth Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note |
Saturday, December 31, 2022 | ||||
James Island, SC | Kathy Woolsey | map | ||
Lower Saluda, SC | Kent Bedenbaugh | 803.463.5872 | map | Note |
Ocracoke Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note |
Wilmington, NC | Sam Cooper | 910-617-2001 | map | Note |
Winston-Salem, NC | John Noble | map | website Note | |
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | ||||
Jordan Lake, NC | Tom Driscoll, Norman Budnitz | 919-636-0482 | map | website |
Southport-Bald Head-Oak Islands, NC | Ron Clark | 704-860-4469 | map | |
Upper Yadkin River Valley, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website Note |
Monday, January 2, 2023 | ||||
Cumberland County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
North Greenville, SC | Denise DuPon | map | website Note | |
Pee Dee N.W.R., NC | Judy Walker | map | ||
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 | ||||
Kerr Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Lake Lure, NC | Mike Resch | map | Note | |
Lewis Ocean Bay H.P. - Waccamaw River, SC | Sudie Thomas | map | ||
Sea Islands, SC | Aaron Given | map | website Note | |
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | ||||
Falls Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | Note |
Thursday, January 5, 2023 | ||||
Roanoke Rapids, NC | Ann Brice | (252) 373-0326 | map | 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, SC | map | Note | ||
Aiken, SC | Calvin Zippler | 803 508-0692 | map | |
Alamance County, NC | Ken Lady | map | ||
Augusta, GA | Lois Stacey | 803-215-1594 | map | |
Balsam, NC | Don Hendershot | map | ||
Brevard, NC | Norma Siebenheller | 828-884-5443 | map | |
Buncombe County, NC | Tom Tribble | map | ||
Camp Lejeune, NC | Emily Gaydos | map | Note | |
Catawba Valley, NC | Dwayne Martin, Lori Owenby | 828-234-6041, 828-312-4834 | map | |
Central Beaufort County, NC | Kevin O'Kane | 252-946-3003 | map | |
Charleston, SC | Jennifer McCarthey Tyrrell | map | ||
Clemson, SC | J.Drew Lanham | map | ||
Danville, VA | Laura Meder | map | ||
Franklin, NC | Rita St. Clair | map | Note | |
Greenville, NC | Howard Vainright, Dr. Veronica Pantelidis | 252-752-3203 | map | |
Highlands Plateau, NC | Brock Hutchins | 770-486-3715 | map | |
Iredell County, NC | Ron Underwood | 828-632-4739 | map | Note |
Keowee, SC | Stephen Schutt | map | ||
Lake Wateree, SC | Lex Glover | 803.603.6461 | map | Note |
Long Cane, SC | Joyce Foster, Steve Patterson | map | Note | |
Lowcountry, SC | Buddy Campbell | 843-252-8025 | map | |
McClellanville, SC | Nathan Dias | map | Note | |
Mount Rogers-White Top Mountain, VA | Allen Boynton | 276-677-4121 | map | |
New River, NC | Lisa Benish | map | ||
Pinewood, SC | Hutch Collins | 803-361-2411 | map | |
Roan Mountain, TN | Rick Knight | 423-282-5297 | map | |
Rocky River, SC | Andy Norris | map | Note | |
Santee N.W.R., SC | Nathan Dias | map | Note | |
Savannah, GA | Larry Carlile | 912-927-6726 | map | |
Savannah River Site, SC | Mark Vukovich | map | Note | |
Winyah Bay, SC | Lex Glover | 803-603-6461 | map | Note |