2025/2026 Christmas Bird Count

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count occurs December 14 to January 5 every year. You can learn more about this long-running community science effort on the National Audubon website HERE.

Date: Saturday, December 20th, 2025

Contact: Nick Levendosky, n.levendosky@gmail.com

Alex Rinkert, arinkert@gmail.com

Santa Cruz

Big Sur

Date: Sunday, December 21st, 2025

Contact: Francis Toldi, ftoldi@earthlink.net,

Monterey
Peninsula

Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025

Contact: Rita Carratello, cbc@MonteryAudubon.org

Date: Saturday, December 28, 2024

Contact: Chris Macintosh chrismac@alumni.upenn.edu

Año Nuevo

Moss
Landing

Date: Thursday, January 1, 2026

Contact: Kat Bailey, kitkatbailey@gmail.com

Panoche
Valley

Date: Friday, January 5, 2026

Contact: Debbi Shearwater, debi@shearwaterjourneys.com

Pinnacles
NP

Date: Saturday, January 3, 2026

Contact: Daniel George, dgeorge.nps@gmail.com

Steve Lombardi, hotrock175@gmail.com

Crystal Springs

Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024