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Big Bend National Park
Christmas Bird Count
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The Christmas Bird Count is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society. It is an early-winter bird census, where volunteers follow specified routes through a designated 15-mile (24-km) diameter circle, counting every bird they see or hear all day. It’s not just a species tally—all birds are counted all day, giving an indication of the total number of birds in the circle that day. All individual CBC’s are conducted in the period from 14 December to 5 January (inclusive dates) each season, and each count is conducted in one calendar day.
Big Bend National Park holds two bird counts annually in the week between Christmas and New Years day. One focuses on a circle in the Chisos Basin, the other in the Rio Grande Village area.
Bird count results
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Did You Know?
Today, Big Bend National Park hosts more than 300,000 visitors a year, but its land and climate can still be unyielding to the uninitiated. Be prepared for the unexpected. Remember, Big Bend is still a wild land and you are on nature's terms here.
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Last Updated: April 16, 2008 at 10:02 EST |
