Christmas Bird Counts 2025!

Truckee Meadows Christmas Bird Count surveyors in 2024 - Photo by Sydney Walsh, National Audubon Society.

The annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is fast approaching! Our chapter does not run the counts ourselves, they are run independently by site Compilers. However, each year the Northwest Nevada Bird Alliance (Lahontan Audubon Society) promotes the upcoming counts happening in Northern Nevada and Tahoe region. For more count circles not listed here, please refer to the National Audubon Society CBC page: https://gis.audubon.org/christmasbirdcount/ and click on the count circle of interest to find more information. Please also check with your local Audubon Chapter (for example, Plumas Audubon Society, Red Rock Audubon, Bristlecone Audubon Society, East Cascades Bird Alliance) for even more CBC information in our general region.


If you want to participate in a count, please contact the Compiler the week before the count or earlier. This helps our volunteer compilers get everything organized for count day! New participants will be teamed up to work with experienced CBC counters. Late signups may not be able to be added to a count team.  If a count is full, please consider participating in a count that is still open and in need of birders!

We respectfully ask that volunteers be mindful of their health and that of others. Please consider staying home if you are feeling under the weather on count day.


The Counts: Dec 14 - Jan 5, 2025
Su Dec 14
Carson City (count full ) - compiler Rob Lowry
South Tahoe - Compiler: Will Richardson. Please register on the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science website

Mo Dec 15
Winnemucca - contact Shannon Finnerty [email protected] (775) 623-1500

Tu Dec 16
Fallon - contact Dave McNinch [email protected] (775) 747-7545
Summer Lake (OR) - contact Martin St. Louis [email protected]  

We Dec 17
Hart Mountain (OR), Bunkhouse is FULL - Compiler Joel Geier
Woodfords (CA) - contact Dan Williams [email protected] (714) 943-1266 
Eagle Lake (CA) - contact Steve Stump [email protected] and 530-260-1839 

Fr Dec 19
Sheldon (hot water and heat are working this year!), Bunkhouse is FULL - Compiler Joel Geier
Honey Lake (CA) - Contact Matt Forster [email protected] and 619-347-2269

Sa Dec 20 
Truckee Meadows (Reno) - contact Dave McNinch [email protected] (775) 747-7545
Sierra Valley (CA) - contact Colin Dillingham [email protected] RSVP required
530-927-7381

Su Dec 28

Minden - Contact Ben Sonnenberg [email protected] 


Th Jan 1

Pyramid Lake (count full ) - compiler Dennis Serdehely