[EBB Sightings] New CBC - Eastern Alameda County

Dear Bay Area Birders:

Ohlone Audubon Society and the Alameda Creek Alliance are sponsoring a new
Christmas Bird Count circle this winter (Friday, December 18), in eastern
Alameda County, within the Alameda Creek watershed.

We would like to invite you to join the Alameda Creek watershed CBC as an
area leader or to help with the count.

The count circle is in the vicinity of the towns of Sunol, Pleasanton and
Livermore, and includes five East Bay Regional Parks, significant SFPUC
watershed lands, and exciting East Bay birding hotspots such as lower Mines
Road, Sunol Wilderness, Calaveras Reservoir and Springtown Preserve. We
expect to find yellow-billed magpie, golden and bald eagle, burrowing owl,
peregrine and prairie falcon, and maybe even Lewis� woodpecker and
Rufous-crowned sparrow within this count circle. 

We are seeking area count leaders who can scout birding areas before the
count date, plan survey routes for the count day, and cover count areas
during the count week (December 15-21) to locate, identify and record rare
bird species.

We are also seeking volunteer birders of all levels to help with the count.

The Alameda Watershed CBC will be closely coordinated with the East Bay
Regional Park District, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and
Livermore Area Regional Park District, to provide maximum access to
significant bird habitats within the count circle.

Please contact Rich Cimino (rscimino at earthlink.net; (925) 353-0266) or Jeff
Miller (alamedacreek at hotmail.com; (510) 499-9185) if you are interested in
being an area count leader. 

See http://www.alamedacreek.org/Upcoming_Events/CBC/CBC.htm for more
information and a list of available count areas, a tentative list of
significant bird areas within the new count circle, and a map of the new
count circle. 

 

Jeff Miller

Bolinas

 


Richard Cimino
rscimino at earthlink.net

Birding is fun and educational + it gets us out and away from the TV remote!