Date: 11/20/25 4:43 pm From: David Assmann via groups.io <david_assmann...> Subject: [pen-bird] San Francisco CBC training session this Saturday; High Counts from 2024 and Registration Links for the 2025 Count
The results of the 2024 Count have now been compiled by Audubon, and the San Francisco Count had the highest number of birds counted for a number of species. We had the highest count in the country for Townsend's warblers with 539; White-crowned Sparrows with 3,480; Orchard Oriole with 4; Western Gull with 3,701; Anna's Hummingbird with 1,343; Red-Masked Parakeets with 208; Common Raven with 1,538 and Hermit Thrush with 395. We were also one of only three counts in the country to report a Grace's Warbler; and we recorded the first ever Jouanin's Petrel for a CBC Count in the United States!
Registration for the Monday December 29th San Francisco Christmas Bird Count is open. You can register as a Field Observer or Feeder Watcher, and you can also sign-up for the Count Dinner at the links below. Participation is free; the cost of the optional dinner is $35.
The San Francisco Christmas Bird Count covers all of the City of San Francisco, and the northern part of San Mateo County. You can see a map of our Count Circle at https://cbcviewer.appspot.com/map (select San Francisco on the drop down menu).
Thanks to the generosity of San Francisco Baykeeper, we will have access to a boat to survey birds in San Francisco Bay.
