Pinnacles Christmas Bird Count (CAPI-112)
2011
The 2011 count will be held on Monday, January 2, 2012.
Tally sheets, maps, etc. are all linked below.
If you would like to see the results for a particular count route, scroll to the bottom of the page and open the Area Count Sheet.
Thanks as always for your help.
Steve and Rusty, November 21, 2011
Count materials and information for the 2011 count
Count materials, including the cover letter, tally sheet and maps are available on this website (scroll down to Count Resources on this page). However, we will be happy to mail/email anything if you request it.
Contact Info: To contact the compiler, Rusty Scalf or the co-compiler, Steve Lombardi email hot-rock@sbcglobal.net or call Steve, cell 925/785-0130.
Count Dinner: Breaking with years of tradition, this year's count dinner will start at 5:30 PM and be held at Ella's Italian Restaurant, 1709 Airline Hwy # A, Hollister, CA 95023-5600, (831) 638-0338, cafe-ella.com. Here's a map of the location.
Count Resources: Following is a list of files that you might find helpful in doing the count. They are mainly pdf files and require Adobe Reader. Note;
if any of these files fail to open in your browser, try right-clicking
on the link and saving the file to your hard drive ("Save Target As" in
Internet Explorer or "Save Link As" in Firefox).
The Cover Letter (Word doc.) is here or here (pdf version). It contains count rules and suggestions, contact info for the compilers, and time and directions to the count dinner.
The Tally Sheet for use in the field is here. This is where you'll keep track of your counts. It also includes species counts from the 2010 CBC and a sign-up list for participants.
To view or download the Audubon rare bird form, click here: Rare Bird Form.
You'll need to fill out this form if you see any rare birds. Rare birds
are shown on the Tally Sheet by being both bold and underlined. Any
species not shown on the Tally Sheet is also considered rare.
Maps: Following is a list of maps. All the maps are pdf files and require Adobe Reader to open.
Count circle maps
- To download or view a map of the count circle, which includes roads, terrain, vegetation, and landmarks, click here: PinnCBC_Landsat.pdf. This file is 8.3MB in size, so will take a few minutes to download (but it's worth it). Here is a lower resolution version of the map (2.4MB). Thanks to Rusty for his hard work in making this map.
- If you don't want to download the big map above, here are two small maps of the partial count circle.
- Count circle, east side (jpeg) (266KB)
- Count circle, east side (pdf) (121KB)
- Monument map: To download or view the official map of Pinnacles National Monument, click here: Pinnacles NM Map.
- Monument count routes: Click here to download or view Daniel Ge0rge's helpful map of count routes inside the monument.
- The count circle on Google Earth. This kmz file will open Google Earth and overlay the count circle on it. Requires the free Google Earth software.
- A link to the official NPS Pinnacles National Monument site.
- A link to the NPS map site for Pinnacles, where you can download several different maps for the monument.
- A link to the Christmas bird count site at National Audubon.
- A link to Nature Ali's site for a list of all California CBC's.
2010 Count
We've posted the 2010 count results below in Excel format: To see the count summary from the national
Audubon website click here:
Count Summary, 2010
Count Summary, 2009
To see the count results by count route, click here:
Area count sheet, 2010
Area count sheet 2009
