Tamarac Christmas Bird Count
Date and Time
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesdat, December 19th
Location
Detroit Lakes Area
Contact Information
Nancy Henke: 218-234-5680 or Steve Midthune: 507-458-0317
Description
Tamarac Christmas Bird Count is on Wednesday, December 19. Contacts are Nancy Henke (218-234-5680) for DL CBC, and Steve Midthune (507-458-0317) for the Tamarac CBC. We welcome your help, whether you can join a team and drive around a designated area for a few hours or all day, or keep track of birds all day or just an hour or two at your feeders. Since these are workdays for many of you, a half hour at breakfast or lunch time and after work still helps tremendously, especially if you happen to find that rare bird. All who participate in the DL area count are welcome to enjoy a pot luck (chili and beverages provided) just after sunset that day at Henkes at 962 South Shore Drive. This doesn't need to be fancy: a salad, fruit, veggies, cheese and crackers, Christmas goodies, anything is fine.
Last year we found 38 species on the day of the DL CBC. Our record is 43 species since the first DL CBC in 1990. Last year we had people watching feeders at over 30 homes, which was fantastic! We found four more species during Count Week, which includes three days before and after the count. We did NOT find Ruffed Grouse, Greater Prairie Chicken, Snowy Owl, Brown Creeper, or any crossbills last year and will be particularly looking for these this year.
As usual, we will divide up into teams to drive the four colored (red/green/blue/yellow) areas marked on our map, which includes an area within a seven mile radius of the Detroit Lakes airport. Steve Midthune, Beau Shroyer, Suzanne Borstad, Heather Hundt, Shawn Goodchild, Scott Sonstegard and Bill and Nancy Henke are part of the driving crew for the DL area CBC so far. You are welcome to join us for either a half or whole day. As in past years we will meet for lunch (optional if having too great a time and too many great birds to take a break) at approximately noon at Sunlite Bar and Grill