- We’ve scheduled this year’s Christmas Bird Count for Saturday, December 17, 2022. Again, in this year of COVID-19, things will be a little different. To be safe, participants should count only with folks who are not ill and have not been exposed to someone who tested positive for the virus, and should consider wearing masks. If the number of COVID-19 cases spikes dramatically in the weeks leading up to the count, we may cancel it, so please check back here, with your zone captain, or the compiler (Valerie Barnes).
- If you don’t feel comfortable going out, please let your zone captain know well in advance.
- If you live inside our circle, you may want to switch to counting at your feeders this year. See the map below for a view of our circle. If you can’t tell whether you are inside the circle or not, please contact the compiler, Valerie Barnes, or look at the more detailed map. To count at your feeders, please sign up well in advance with Marguerite Fries.
- We will not hold the tally dinner. The compiler will connect with the zone captains to record the results. Results will be posted on our Observation Records page.
- Contact: Valerie Barnes to sign up to count (if you didn’t count last year). Your zone captain should contact you if you counted last year. If you are new to the count, Val will assign you to a zone and the zone captain will contact you.
Download field reporting form
Download feeder reporting form and instructions
Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count Circle
Download (9 MB) detailed map
- Topic:Where the Birds Are: A Review of eBird Data for Franklin County [Note: This topic and speaker were originally scheduled for March]
- Speaker: Ron George.
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- In-person and via Zoom.
To join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- Executive Committee and Board of Directors Meeting
- Committee/project chairs also invited.
- Others welcome.
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Church
- In-person or Zoom.
- Leader: Valerie Barnes, president
- Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- Topic: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s PA Farmland Raptor Project [Note: this speaker was originally scheduled for February with a slightly different topic]
- Presenter: Bracken Brown, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.
- Speaker will be in person.
- Attendees may view via Zoom at St. Luke or from home.
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- Organized by: Terri Kochert.
Zoom info
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- Annual Business Meeting: Reports and elections. Need a quorum, so please vote! All chapter members welcome.
- Ballot:
- New Directors: TBD
- Nominations will also be accepted from the floor.
- Please vote in person at the meeting, by sending an email, or calling Valerie Barnes.
- Main Program: The Birds and the Bees
- In-person meeting. Also available via Zoom.
- Presented by: Tracy Snyder, Penn State Bee Monitoring Program
- Organized by: Anne St. John
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Also available via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- Planning meeting, primarily for field trips
- Zoom only
- Leader: Lisa Coombs, vice president
- Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- Executive Committee and Board of Directors Meeting
- Committee/project chairs also invited.
- Others welcome.
- Zoom Only. This meeting follows the field trip planning meeting that starts at 6:30.
- Leader: Valerie Barnes, president
- Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20