Rhode Island Christmas Bird Counts
​Dates & Info

2018 marks the 119th year of National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count or CBC. Between December 14th and January 5th 2018, birders will head out in a coordinated effort to count birds within specific 15 mile diameter count circles. Rhode Island currently has five active count circles with four of them open to public participation and fifth CBC type count covering Conanicut Island. Below we have compiled the dates and compiler contact info for each. 

Circle Name: Newport County/Westport
Towns Covered: All of Little Compton as well as portions of Newport, Middletown, Tiverton and Westport Mass. 
Date: Saturday December 15th
To Participate Contact: Robert Emerson- remerson@duffysweeney.com

Circle Name: South Kingstown
Towns Covered:  All of South Kingstown as well as portions of Narragansett, North Kingstown, Exeter, Richmond, and Charlestown
Date: Saturday December 22nd
To Participate Contact: Scott Stsagarakis- stsagarakis@mail.uri.edu

Circle Name: Jamestown
Towns Covered:  Conanicut Island (Jamestown)
Date: Saturday December 29th
To Participate Contact: Candy Powell- ​candacepowell48@gmail.com

Circle Name: Northern RI/Scituate
Towns Covered: Portions of Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Burrillville, Smithfield, North Smithfield, and Johnston
Date: Saturday January 5th
To Participate Contact: Dan Berard- djberard84@gmail.com