Future Bird Counts
Fall Big Day of Birding
Our Fall Big Day of Birding will be held on Saturday, 26 October. Hopefully, we'll have a mix of lingering fall migrants and some early arriving winter residents.
As with other big days, you can bird anywhere in Virginia for as long or short as you'd like. Our goal as members of the Hampton Roads Bird Club is to identify as many different species as we can. Whether you're birding your backyard or while traveling around the state, take note of the birds and compile your list. At the end of your birding day, send me your list of birds...just the species list and not the total numbers of each species. If you want to share your eBird list with me, that works also.
If you have any questions regarding our Big Day, don't hesitate to contact me.
Best,
Dave Youker
Pending
Previous Bird Counts
HRBC 2024 Spring Bird Count
Click here for results summary
2023 Winter Sector Bird Count in Newport News Park
Results pending
2023 Christmas Bird Count
Click here for results summary
Fall Big Day of Birding
Results pending
HRBC 2023 Spring Bird Count
Click here for results summary
2022 Winter Sector Bird Count in Newport News Park
Click here for results summary
2022 Christmas Bird Count
Click Here for results summary.
HRBC 2022 Spring Bird Count
Click Here for results summary
2021 Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Click Here for Audubon’s comprehensive Count Summary Report
Click Here for the Bill Boeh’s summary and comments
2021 Spring Big Day for Virginia Results
I believe I have all the checklists for those that participated in the May 15th Spring Big Day of birding. It was a gorgeous day for being out birding. We had 11 participants, and our total species count was 132. No surprise, the most common birds found were Northern Mockingbird and Northern Cardinal...found by virtually everyone. However, 40 species were found by only one person/team, and these species represented the full range of nocturnal birds, shorebirds, gulls, and passerines.
Hope all participants had fun, and look forward to our next birding adventure.
Dave Youker
2021 HRBC Spring Bird Count Results - Click Here
2021 Winter Bird Count in Newport News Park Results - Click Here
2020 Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Click here for Summary results
Fall 2020 "Virtual" Virginia Big Day Results
Leader: Dave Youker
The results are in for our first, virtual Big Day held on 7 Nov. If you haven't submitted your list, you can still forward it to me. I was impressed with the number of checklists, the diversity of species, and the resolve of some members to put in some long days birding. Birds from backyards to seagoing to every habitat in between were identified. Here are the results:
The weather for the Big Day was very pleasant, except many members had to contend with a heavy fog. Still, we had an impressive total of 36 club members participate! A total of 24 checklists were submitted, and the consolidated species list stands at 136! If anyone is interested in the overall list, I'd be happy to forward it.
Thanks to all the members that participated in this club activity. The feedback has been very positive, so maybe we can do it again next year.
Best,
Dave Youker
Results of 2019 Audubon Christmas Bird Count - Click Here
Results of 2019 HRBC Spring Bird Count - Click Here
Results of 2018 Audubon Christmas Bird Count - Click Here
Results of 2018 HRBC Spring Count - Click Here
Results of 2017 HRBC Spring Count - Click Here
Results of 2017 HRBC Winter Newport News Count - Click Here
Results of the 2016 Christmas Bird Count - Click Here
The efforts of 48 observers (the vast majority of which were HRBC members) resulted in the observation of 18,568 birds comprised of 123 species.