Date: 11/2/25 9:07 pm From: Samuel Bressler via groups.io <pacificgoldenplover...> Subject: [OrangeCountyBirding] Call for Volunteers: 5th Annual Puente-Chino Hills Christmas Bird Count, 12/27/2025
Hello birders:
Christmas Bird County season is rapidly approaching, and I am once again looking for volunteers to participate in *Sea and Sage's 5th Annual Puente - Chino Hills Chri stmas Bird Count*. Covering northern Orange County , as well as bits of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, this CBC circle nevertheless tallied over 145 species last year, including Ferruginous Hawk, Common Goldeneye, Hammond's Flycatcher, Neotropic Cormorant, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Olive-sided Flycatcher and Black-headed Grosbeak. Notable hotspots within the circle include Carbon Canyon, Craig, Yorba, and Santiago Oaks Regional Parks, the Upper Santa Ana River from the 241 freeway to Orangewood Ave, Gilman, Laguna Lake, and Anaheim Coves Parks, West Coyote Hills , the Villa Park Flood Control Basin, and most of Chino Hills State Park.
The count will take place *Saturday, December 27, 2025.* Everyone is welcome to count for either a half-day or full-day (most do the former). *Birders of all skill levels are welcome.*
To sign-up, simply fill out the quick google form here ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjHYB2iX4frJFHvBnnaLyj1tAhko1_Fz9stnqr8TCDdm1usg/viewform?usp=header ). If you're a returning counter and you'd like to cover the same areas, a simple email indicating as such will suffice. Starting around the beginning of December I will begin reaching out to counters with more information, including routes and timing. I try my best to honor all requests, but it's easier to do so if signups are made at least a couple weeks in advance.
If you are new to the Christmas Bird Count , I highly recommend you check out this page from the National Audubon Society ( https://www.audubon.org/answers-your-top-questions-about-christmas-bird-count ) , which goes over the protocol of the survey as well as its history and contribution to science and conservation.
Check out an ebird trip report of last year's count here ( https://ebird.org/tripreport/310911 ). This is always a fun and interesting count that contributes to knowledge of birds in perhaps the least birded part of the county , and I hope to see many of you there.
Good birding,
Samuel Bressler
Compiler, Puente-Chino Hills Christmas Bird Count
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