Christmas Bird Count for Kids

Birding Home Page

• Birding on Refuges
  • eBird Tracker
  • Refuge Trails
  • Know Before You Go
  • Web Cams
  • Featured Refuges
  • Featured Birds
• For Kids and Families
  • Christmas Bird Count for Kids
  • Junior Duck Stamp Program
• Backyard Birding
  • Backyard Bird Feeding
  • Choosing Feeders and Seeds
  • Great Backyard Bird Count
  • Celebrate Urban Birds
  • Wild Bird Food Preferences
    (Eastern North America)
• Get Involved
  • Friends
  • Volunteers
  • Federal Duck Stamp
  • Christmas Bird Count
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology
      Citizen Science
• Conservation Stories
  
  
• For the Pros
  • Developing Bird Feeding
    Stations (pdf) 427.74 KB
  • Other Resources

More kids are joining the Christmas Bird Count, a wildlife survey and citizen-science project that takes place worldwide in December or January. The Christmas/Winter Bird Count for Kids, aimed at youngsters age eight to 18, is offered on more and more national wildlife refuges. Check a refuge near you to see if there is a CBC4Kids scheduled.

Refuges share data they collect with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Bird data help scientists track population dynamics and examine the effects of climate change.

Learn more about the original Christmas Bird Count here.