Join us on Monday for the annual Balcones Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The Christmas Bird Count is the longest running wildlife census in the world and provides critical data on bird population trends and movements. The Balcones CBC is sponsored by the Travis Audubon Habitat Conservation Committee. The circle includes all the tracts of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge and the surrounding area (see the map on our website). We would especially like to have some feeder watchers this year, so if you live within the circle and have bird feeders, please participate.
For more information about CBC’s in general, see http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count. For more specific information about the Balcones CBC including a map showing the count circle, go to http://friendsofbalcones.org/cbc. Email Shelia Hargis and Laurie Foss at balconescbc@gmail.com with questions or to register. Thank you for participating in this important citizen-science project!