[EBB Sightings] Sign up: Oakland CBC Dec 16, San Francisco CBC Dec 27

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

Golden Gate Audubon Society sponsors two Christmas Bird Counts:

	Oakland -- Sunday, December 16
	San Francisco -- Thursday, December 27

Invitations have been mailed to everyone who participated in either  
count in recent years (but not to those who had signed up online by  
Wednesday for one of the counts--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;  
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 online.  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 dinners.  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.  Act soon -- sign-up deadlines are November 25 for  
the Oakland CBC and December 7 for the San Francisco CBC.

For further information, contact one of the compilers:

San Francisco -- Alan Hopkins, ash at sfo.com, 415-664-0983
                            -- Dan Murphy, sfbirdcount at yahoo.com,  
415-564-0074

Oakland -- Bob Lewis, Bob at wingbeats.org, 510-845-5001
                  -- Dave Quady, davequady at att.net, 510-704-9353

Hope to see you at the counts!

Dave Quady
Berkeley, California
davequady at att.net