Rhode Island Christmas Bird Counts
Dates & Info
2019 marks the 120th 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 MA.
Date: Saturday December 14th
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 21st
To Participate Contact:
Circle Name: Napatree
Towns Covered: All of Westerly as well as portions of Hopkinton, Charlestown, Stonington CT, and Fisher's Island NY.
Date: TBD
To Participate Contact: Shai Mitra- shaibal.mitra@csi.cuny.edu
Circle Name: Jamestown
Towns Covered: Conanicut Island (Jamestown)
Date: Saturday January 4th, Snow date Sunday January 5th
To Participate Contact: Wayne Munns- wrmunnsjr@gmail.com & Candy Powell- candacepowell48@gmail.com
Circle Name: Northern RI/Scituate
Towns Covered: Portions of Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Burrillville, Smithfield, North Smithfield, and Johnston
Date: Sunday December 29th
To Participate Contact: Dan Berard- djberard84@gmail.com
Towns Covered: All of Little Compton as well as portions of Newport, Middletown, Tiverton and Westport MA.
Date: Saturday December 14th
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 21st
To Participate Contact:
Circle Name: Napatree
Towns Covered: All of Westerly as well as portions of Hopkinton, Charlestown, Stonington CT, and Fisher's Island NY.
Date: TBD
To Participate Contact: Shai Mitra- shaibal.mitra@csi.cuny.edu
Circle Name: Jamestown
Towns Covered: Conanicut Island (Jamestown)
Date: Saturday January 4th, Snow date Sunday January 5th
To Participate Contact: Wayne Munns- wrmunnsjr@gmail.com & Candy Powell- candacepowell48@gmail.com
Circle Name: Northern RI/Scituate
Towns Covered: Portions of Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Burrillville, Smithfield, North Smithfield, and Johnston
Date: Sunday December 29th
To Participate Contact: Dan Berard- djberard84@gmail.com