Christmas Bird Count
The 2024 Iowa City Christmas Bird Count will be held on Sunday December 15
The Christmas Bird Count program is administered by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It is the longest-running citizen science project in existence. The Iowa City count has been conducted annually since 1951. Our count area is a 15-mile diameter circle which includes north and west Iowa City, Coralville, Tiffin, North Liberty, Solon, Lake Macbride, Kent Park, and most of the Coralville Reservoir. The circle is divided into territories, and a group with an experienced leader is assigned to cover each territory. The goal is to identify and count all the birds found in the count circle on that day.
You can participate for part or all of the day. We need field participants to cover local parks, wildlife areas, etc., as well as feeder watchers to count birds in their own yards. If you wish to be a field participant, you will be assigned to a small group with an experienced leader in an assigned territory. After you are assigned to a group, your group leader will contact you to coordinate a meeting time and place. Some groups look for owls before dawn. To be a feeder watcher, send your address to Chris Edwards and he will confirm that you are in the count area. If you know others who may want to participate as feeder watchers, please share this information with them.
To participate either in the field or at your feeder, please contact Chris Edwards at
credwards@aol.com or (319) 430-4732 as soon as possible, but no later than Wednesday, December 11.
Forms for This Year’s Count (2024)
Future Dates and Times will be on the Calendar, in the “Events” column, in the Newsletter and, if you are a member, you will be notified by email!
