[EBB Sightings] Oakland CBC Dec 18, San Francisco CBC Dec 29

Hello, Bay Area Birders (with apologies for cross-posting):

Golden Gate Audubon Society sponsors two Christmas Bird Counts:

�     Oakland --- Sunday, December 18
       San Francisco --- Thursday, December 29

Invitations were mailed on Wednesday to everyone who participated in  
either count in recent years (except to those who already signed up  
on-line for the Oakland count -- thanks to all who did so!).� If you  
participated recently but haven't received your invitation yet it  
should arrive any day now.

This note invites new participants to join the counts.�You'll have a  
chance to sample the bird life in an area that fits your interests and  
abilities, under the leadership of an experienced birder.�At the end of  
the day you can attend the "count dinner," to learn what birds others  
have found, and where.�A rarity or two usually turns up, so learning of  
them on the day of discovery can help you see them, too.

It's easiest for you, and for the compilers, if you sign up on line.   
Go to
http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/html/birdresources/ 
christmasbirdcount.htm
and follow the links to sign up for either count, and to download  
sign-up forms for the count dinner that follows each count.  Early  
sign-ups pay a reduced price for dinner.

However, if you prefer, you can call Golden Gate Audubon Society at  
510-843-2222 to request sign-up forms and/or dinner reservation forms  
for either count.  Don't delay -- sign-up deadlines are November 27 for  
Oakland and December 5 for San Francisco.

Last year the Oakland count found 179 species, and San Francisco found  
162; both were among the top 50 North American counts in species  
recorded.  Oakland had 203 field observers last year, the  
second-highest number among the 2022 counts held worldwide.  Won't you  
join one or both counts this year?

For further information, contact one of the compilers:

Compilers: San Francisco -- Alan Hopkins, ash at sfo.com, (415) 664-0983
                     Oakland -- Bob Lewis, rlewis0727 at aol.com, (510)  
845-5001, and
                                   ������Dave Quady, davequady at att.net,  
(510) 704-9353

Hope to see you at the counts!

Dave Quady
Berkeley, California
davequady at att.net