North Carolina Christmas Bird Counts and South Carolina Christmas Bird Counts
Take part in National Audubon's 120th 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. | ||||
Saturday, December 14, 2019 | ||||
Columbia, SC | Caroline Eastman, Steve Dennis | 803-466-2840 | map | Note |
Franklin, NC | Rita St. Clair | map | Note | |
Gastonia, NC | Steve Tracy | 704-853-0654 | map | Note |
Kitty Hawk, NC | Jeff Lewis | 252-216-6336 | map | Note |
Lowcountry, SC | Buddy Campbell | 843-252-8025 | map | |
New River, NC | Lisa Benish | map | ||
Raleigh, NC | Brian O'Shea | map | Note | |
Raven Rock S.P., NC | Erik Thomas | 919-880-7809 | map | Note |
Wayne County, NC | Mae Howell | 919-580-8330 | map | |
Sunday, December 15, 2019 | ||||
Carolina Sandhills N.W.R., SC | Nancy Jordan | 843-335-6026 | map | |
Congaree Swamp, SC | John Grego, Kathleen O'Grady | 803-331-3366, 803-315-4199 | map | Note |
Durham, NC | Jacob Socolar, Jeff Pippen | 919.636.0326, 919-801-0662 | map | website |
Holly Shelter & Lea-Hutaff I, NC | Carson Wood | 910-859-9425 | map | website |
Morehead City, NC | John Fussell | 252-342-0169 | map | |
Mount Jefferson, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website 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 | Susan Campbell | 910 695 0651 | map | Note |
Monday, December 16, 2019 | ||||
Four Holes Swamp, SC | Matt Johnson | (843) 462-2150 | map | Note |
Hilton Head Island, SC | Susan Murphy | map | ||
Long Cane, SC | Joyce Foster, Steve Patterson | map | Note | |
New Bern, NC | Bob Gould | 252-288-4615 | map | Note |
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 | ||||
Pamlico County, NC | Elizabeth White, Liz Lathrop | 252-670-7590, 252-249-2646 | map | Note |
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 | ||||
Hanging Rock State Park, NC | Jean Chamberlain | 336-983-6543 | map | Note |
Thursday, December 19, 2019 | ||||
Cumberland County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Friday, December 20, 2019 | ||||
Grandfather Mountain, NC | Jesse Pope | 828-733-2013 | map | |
Rocky Mount, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Saturday, December 21, 2019 | ||||
Augusta, GA | Lois Stacey | 803-215-1594 | map | |
Rocky River, SC | Andy Norris | map | Note | |
York-Rock Hill, SC | Bill Hilton, Jr. | 803-684-5852 | map | website Note |
Sunday, December 22, 2019 | ||||
Chapel Hill, NC | Will Cook | 919-477-9395 | map | website Note |
Stone Mountain, NC | Guy McGrane | 828.266.8536 | map | website Note |
Monday, December 23, 2019 | ||||
Rockingham County, NC | Brian Bockhahn | map | ||
Tuesday, December 24, 2019 | ||||
Aiken, SC | Calvin Zippler | 803 508-0692 | map | |
Friday, December 27, 2019 | ||||
Cape Hatteras, NC | Patricia Moore | 252-995-4777 | map | Note |
Pettigrew S.P., NC | Charlotte Davis, Ed Corey | map | Note | |
Saturday, December 28, 2019 | ||||
Bodie-Pea Island, NC | Jeff Lewis, Al Hooks | map | Note | |
Charlotte, NC | Ken Kneidel | 704 365-5609 | map | Note |
Lower Saluda, SC | Kent Bedenbaugh | 803.463.5872 | map | Note |
North Greenville, SC | Denise DuPon | map | website Note | |
Yancey County-Burnsville, NC | Russ Oates | map | ||
Sunday, December 29, 2019 | ||||
Buncombe County, NC | Tom Tribble | map | ||
Mattamuskeet N.W.R., NC | Susan Campbell | 910-695-0651 | map | Note |
Monday, December 30, 2019 | ||||
Alligator River N.W.R., NC | Jeff Lewis | 252-216-6336 | map | Note |
Litchfield-Pawleys Island, SC | Chris Hill | 843-234-1810 | map | Note |
Ocracoke Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note |
Pilot Mountain, NC | Jesse Anderson, Brian Bockhahn | 336 325 2355 | map | Note |
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 | ||||
Portsmouth Island, NC | Peter Vankevich | 202-468-2871 | map | Note |
Thursday, January 2, 2020 | ||||
Kerr Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Spartanburg, SC | Lyle Campbell | 864-585-1228 | map | Note |
Friday, January 3, 2020 | ||||
Falls Lake, NC | Brian Bockhahn | 919-676-1027 | map | |
Sea Islands, SC | Aaron Given | map | website Note | |
Saturday, January 4, 2020 | ||||
Greenville, NC | Howard Vainright, Dr. Veronica Pantelidis | 252-752-3203 | map | |
Keowee, SC | Stephen Schutt | map | ||
Pee Dee N.W.R., NC | Judy Walker | map | ||
Roanoke Rapids, NC | Fred Lobdell | 252-257-2487 | map | Note |
Wilmington, NC | Sam Cooper | 910-617-2001 | map | Note |
Winston-Salem, NC | Nathan Gatto | (336)416-3182 | map | website Note |
Sunday, January 5, 2020 | ||||
Charleston, SC | Jennifer McCarthey Tyrrell | map | ||
Jordan Lake, NC | Norm Budnitz | 919-383-0553 | 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 |
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 | ||
Alamance County, NC | Ken Lady | map | ||
Balsam, NC | Don Hendershot | map | ||
Brevard, NC | Norma Siebenheller | 828-884-5443 | map | |
Camp Lejeune, NC | Emily Gaydos | map | Note | |
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 | |
Clemson, SC | J.Drew Lanham | map | ||
Danville, VA | Laura Meder | map | ||
Greensboro, NC | Elizabeth Link | 336-273-4672 | map | |
Henderson County, NC | Kevin Burke | 828-697-6628 | map | |
Highlands Plateau, NC | Brock Hutchins | 770-486-3715 | map | |
Iredell County, NC | Ron Underwood | 828-632-4739 | map | Note |
Lake Lure, NC | Marshall Brooks | 828-395-1636 | map | |
Lake Wateree, SC | Lex Glover | 803.603.6461 | map | Note |
McClellanville (secret count), SC | Nathan Dias | map | Note | |
Mount Rogers-White Top Mountain, VA | Allen Boynton | 276-677-4121 | map | |
Pinewood, SC | Hutch Collins | 803-361-2411 | map | |
Roan Mountain, TN | Rick Knight | 423-282-5297 | map | |
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 | |
Sun City-Okatie, SC | Jim Cubie | map | ||
Winyah Bay, SC | Lex Glover | 803-603-6461 | map | Note |