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Take part in National Audubon's 121st 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.
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| Monday, December 14, 2020 |
| New Bern, NC | Wade Fuller | | map | Note New participants welcome, but you must contact the compiler/organizer prior to the count. |
| Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
| Hilton Head Island, SC | Susan Murphy | | map | |
| Pamlico County, NC | Diane Midness, Liz Lathrop | | map | Note New participants are requested to contact the compiler prior to the count date. |
| Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
| Hanging Rock State Park, NC | Jean Chamberlain | 336-983-6543 | map | Note Count covers most trails at Hanging Rock State Park, plus nearby locations on the Dan River, Flat Shoals and other places as number of participants, time and weather permit. Meet at the Park Visitor Center for an 8 a.m. start. Some trails are long or moderately strenuous, so advise if you require an easier route. |
| Thursday, December 17, 2020 |
| Cumberland County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
| Friday, December 18, 2020 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
| Saturday, December 19, 2020 |
| Columbia, SC | Caroline Eastman, Steve Dennis | 803-466-2840 | map | Note New participants, including feeder watchers, are welcome. Please contact the compiler before the count for an assignment. |
| Greensboro, NC | Elizabeth Link | 336-273-4672 | map | |
| Kitty Hawk, NC | Jeff Lewis, Al Hooks | 252-216-6336 | map | Note If you would like to participate in this count, please contact me.
There will not be a count-down this year. |
| Raleigh, NC | Brian O'Shea | | map | Note Welcome to the Raleigh CBC. This Count is centered in southern Wake County near the Farmer's Market on Lake Wheeler Road to take advantage of reservoirs, parks and NCSU agriculture lands in that part of the county. The Count began in 1938. We will have 15-20 groups participating in the Count. Let me know if you want to sign up to join one of those groups. Thanks, JC |
| Wayne County, NC | Mae Howell | 919-580-8330 | map | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | Nathan Gatto | (336)416-3182 | map | website
Note The Audubon Society of Forsyth County welcomes all participants. Please email the coordinator. I will assign you to a team, and notify the team captain who will determine a meeting time and place. We have an after count dinner that's great fun for all participants; more details to be finalized! |
| Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
| Durham, NC | Jacob Socolar, Jeff Pippen | 919.636.0326, 919-801-0662 | map | website |
| Morehead City, NC | John Fussell | 252-342-0169 | map | |
| Southern Lake Norman, NC | Taylor Piephoff | 704-808-0529 | map | |
| Southern Pines, NC | Susan Campbell | 910 585-0574 | map | Note All participants are assigned a group and an area before count day. A midday count down and chili lunch is held at 1 PM at Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve in Southern Pines. Then folks return to the field to continue counting until dark. |
| Monday, December 21, 2020 |
| Pilot Mountain, NC | Brian Bockhahn | | map | |
| Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
| Haw River, NC | Brian Bockhahn | | map | |
| Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Rockingham County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | | map | |
| Saturday, December 26, 2020 |
| Lower Saluda, SC | Kent Bedenbaugh | 803.463.5872 | map | Note Please contact the coordinator prior to the count, as groups will be going directly to their areas on count day. |
| Monday, December 28, 2020 |
| Bodie-Pea Island, NC | Jeff Lewis, Al Hooks | | map | Note This count is held on 28 December every year. There will be no count-down this year. |
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 |
| Mattamuskeet N.W.R., NC | Susan Campbell | 910-585-0574 | map | Note Party assignments are made well ahead of the count (by email). Compilation is held just after dark at the Refuge Visitor's Center. This count is held on Dec 29 every year. |
| Wednesday, December 30, 2020 |
| Alligator River N.W.R., NC | Jeff Lewis | 252-216-6336 | map | Note Please contact me if you would like to participate. There will be no count down. |
| Litchfield-Pawleys Island, SC | Chris Hill | 843-234-1810 | map | Note We welcome new field participants and feederwatchers (if your feeder is in the count circle). Please email me at chill@coastal.edu |
| Pettigrew S.P., NC | Charlotte Davis, Ed Corey | | map | Note Due to current recommendations from Audubon, this is only a tentative date. We will assess conditions, and provide a final date by November 15th. Please contact Pettigrew State Park office (252)797-4475 if you would like to participate in this count circle. We will meet at 6:30 am at the park office on count day. |
| Saturday, January 2, 2021 |
| North Greenville, SC | Denise DuPon | | map | website
Note Please contact Denise DuPon (ddupon@bellsouth.net) if you would like to participate. |
| Roanoke Rapids, NC | Fred Lobdell | 252-257-2487 | map | Note If you are interested in participating in the Roanoke Rapids CBC, please contact me for further information. We welcome all skill levels. |
| Monday, January 4, 2021 |
| Falls Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
| Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
| Kerr Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
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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.
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| Ace Basin (secret count), SC | | | map | Note Participation in this count is by invitation only. |
| 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 This count is conducted on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. We can accept a few new participants but prior coordination is required to access the Base. Please contact me (John DeLuca) by December 18th so I can arrange access. |
| Cape Hatteras, NC | Patricia Moore | 252-995-4777 | map | Note This count is held on 27 December every year. |
| 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 Please see the website for more information about the Chapel Hill count. |
| Charleston, SC | Jennifer McCarthey Tyrrell | | map | |
| Charlotte, NC | Ken Kneidel | 704 365-5609 | map | Note Interested in the Charlotte Christmas Count? Contact Ken Kneidel. A countdown dinner immediately follows count day. |
| Clemson, SC | J.Drew Lanham | | map | |
| Congaree Swamp, SC | John Grego, Kathleen O'Grady | 803-331-3366, 803-315-4199 | map | Note Participants not pre-assigned to areas can meet at Congaree National Park visitor center at 7 AM. |
| Danville, VA | Laura Meder | | map | |
| Four Holes Swamp, SC | Matt Johnson | (843) 462-2150 | map | Note We welcome new participants to this count. If interested, please contact Matt at mgjohnson@audubon.org prior to the count day. |
| Franklin, NC | Rita St. Clair | | map | Note Our Circle is in Macon County, with 5 Zone teams. Most Zone teams cover their areas by car and one covers most of the Little Tennessee River Greenway by walking. We always welcome birders to expand our teams. |
| Gastonia, NC | Steve Tracy | 704-853-0654 | map | Note The Gaston County Christmas Bird Count starts in the field. Please let me know, if you would like to participate, so that I can match you up with a trip leader. |
| Grandfather Mountain, NC | Jesse Pope | 828-733-2013 | map | |
| Greenville, NC | Howard Vainright, Dr. Veronica Pantelidis | 252-752-3203 | map | |
| Henderson County, NC | Kevin Burke | 828-697-6628 | map | |
| Highlands Plateau, NC | Brock Hutchins | 770-486-3715 | map | |
| Holly Shelter & Lea-Hutaff I, NC | Carson Wood | 910-859-9425 | map | |
| Iredell County, NC | Ron Underwood | 828-632-4739 | map | Note Participants will meet at 7:00 am in the parking lot at 1st RX Pharmacy in the Forest Heights Shopping Center - North Center Street (NC Highway 115), Statesville, NC.
New participants are welcome to join us if you let us know to expect you at least a week ahead of time. |
| Jordan Lake, NC | Norm Budnitz | 919-383-0553 | map | |
| Keowee, SC | Stephen Schutt | | map | |
| Lake Lure, NC | Marshall Brooks | 828-395-1636 | map | |
| Lake Wateree, SC | Lex Glover | 803.603.6461 | map | Note Please contact me before count day, as groups will be assigned prior to the count and participants will go directly to their areas on count day. |
| Long Cane, SC | Joyce Foster, Steve Patterson | | map | Note Meet at 7:30 at the Little River boat landing by the SC 81 bridge, just west of De la Howe School.
McCormick County, Abbeville County, and Greenwood County |
| Lowcountry, SC | Buddy Campbell | 843-252-8025 | map | |
| McClellanville (secret count), SC | Nathan Dias | | map | Note Participation in this count is by invitation only. |
| Mount Jefferson, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | Note High Country Audubon sponsors this count. The far northwest corner of NC can be quite underbirded, so you never know what you might find on this perennially understaffed count. |
| Mount Rogers-White Top Mountain, VA | Allen Boynton | 276-677-4121 | map | |
| New River, NC | Lisa Benish | | map | |
| Ocracoke Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note RSVP required: petevankevich@gmail.com 202-468-2871 |
| Pee Dee Area, SC | Shawn Smolen-Morton | 765-252-9759 | map | Note New counters at all skill levels and feeder watchers welcome! Just email me. |
| Pee Dee N.W.R., NC | Judy Walker | | map | |
| Pinewood, SC | Hutch Collins | 803-361-2411 | map | |
| Portsmouth Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note We will depart from Ocracoke's Silver Lake Harbor for the boat trip over. This is RSVP and there is a boat fee for Captain Rudy Austin to take us over and back. Contact me for further details. Be prepared for all sorts of weather. I've gone from seeing ice in puddles in the village to being bitten by a mosquito around noon. |
| Raven Rock S.P., NC | Erik Thomas | 919-880-7809 | map | Note Area assignments are made before the count. A mid-day gathering is held at the Mermaid's Point Restaurant in Lillington. |
| Roan Mountain, TN | Rick Knight | 423-282-5297 | map | |
| Rocky River, SC | Andy Norris | | map | Note Meet at 7:00 at Crawford's Store in Antreville, on Hwy. 28.
Anderson County and Abbeville County |
| Santee N.W.R. (secret count), SC | Nathan Dias | | map | Note Participation in this count is by invitation only. |
| Savannah, GA | Larry Carlile | 912-927-6726 | map | |
| Savannah River Site, SC | Mark Vukovich | | map | Note You must have a security badge to access the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site to go on this count. |
| Sea Islands, SC | Aaron Given | | map | Note This count includes Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island, Wadmalaw Island, and much of John's Island in South Carolina. |
| Southport-Bald Head-Oak Islands, NC | Ron Clark | 704-860-4469 | map | |
| Spartanburg, SC | Lyle Campbell | 864-585-1228 | map | Note Count circle is divided into sections and field parties assigned before count week. Field parties are flexible to set their own hours, most starting soon after dawn. Owling is encouraged in the evening. Yard and feeder watchers are encouraged to participate. |
| Stone Mountain, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | Note Make a real impact by joining this always understaffed count. Work with an experienced party leader or strike out on your own! Either way works. |
| Sun City-Okatie, SC | Jim Cubie | | map | |
| Upper Yadkin River Valley, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | Note This is a great, fun count with lots of opportunities for ducks and a good diversity in general, and we always can use more birders! |
| Wilmington, NC | Sam Cooper | 910-617-2001 | map | Note Please e-mail your availability (all day, portion of day), interests, birding experience, and phone number. Participants will be grouped or can bird alone, and details are finalized within a few days prior to count. Meeting times and locations vary by group and areas coverage. Feeder counts within the count circle are also welcome. Species countdown occurs just after dark, usually at a local restaurant. |
| Winyah Bay, SC | Lex Glover | 803-603-6461 | map | Note Please contact the coordinator prior to the count, as groups will go directly to their areas on count day. |
| Yancey County-Burnsville, NC | Russ Oates | | map | |
| York-Rock Hill, SC | Bill Hilton, Jr. | 803-684-5852 | map | Note Please visit the website for details and then contact the compiler if you'd like to participate. |
