Please contact the compiler for all details. If you have dates to add or information to change, or questions in general regarding these counts, please contact Chuck Otte at cotte@ksu.edu. If additional details have been provided, follow the link from the count name. If no details are indicated, contact the compiler! Starting in 2018, KOS has set standard dates that won't change from year to year. Those dates are December 12 to January 12. (Please note that a few non-Kansas (but very close) CBCs are included in this list!)

If you've never participated in a Christmas Bird Count, here's some quick information about what they are and what to expect.

Compilers - Forms have been emailed to compilers. If you haven't received yours please let Chuck know!

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Updated December 18, 2019

Additional Information for above counts. 

Anthony - Meet at Anthony Lake (#19 Quail Creek Trail) at 8 a.m.

Arkansas City - Meet at Newman Park on Highway 77 just north of the Arkansas River bridge at 8:00 a.m.

Baldwin - Please email Calvin ahead of time for details.

Benedictine Bottoms - Meet at the Atchison McDonalds, 118 South 8th Street at 7:00 a.m.  Please contact compiler if you are interested in participating.

Black Mesa -  Meet at the Kenton Merc Store at 8:30AM for instructions and area assignments. Please bring your own pens, paper, etc., to keep track of sightings. Bring your own food, lunch, snacks, drinks as the CBC
circle is roughly 40 miles from Boise City and there are no services in Kenton. Please RSVP to Jimmie by email, text, phone if you plan to attend.

Blackwolf - Meet at the Rader residence in Wilson at 8:00 a.m. Lunch will be provided

Bonner Springs/Lansing - Currently planning to meet at 7:00 a.m. at the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office Parking Lot at Wyandotte County Lake. This is at the south end of the lake/park. John will be parked close to the parking lot entrance near the bridge that goes over the main road. Please contact John if you would like to participate in the count so that he can assign you to a survey party. 

Cedar Bluffs - Contact Jeff for more information

Cheyenne Bottoms - Meet at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC), 592 NE K-156 Hwy, Great Bend, KS at 8:00 a.m.  Lunch will be provided. Contact KWEC, 877.243.9268, for more information or to confirm attendance.

Cimarron National Grasslands - Meet at 8:30a.m. Saturday at the Elkhart Cemetery OR at the El Rancho Motel in Elkhart (PH: 620/697-2117) on Friday evening

Clark County - Contact Galen for more details.

Council Grove - Contact compiler for more details.

Dodge City - Contact compiler for information.

El Dorado - Meet at the McDonalds in El Dorado, 2004 West Central, at 7:30 a.m. Please contact the compiler if you plan to attend.

Emporia - Contact compiler for details.

Fall River - Meet at the Fall River Army Corp office next to the Fall River Dam at 8 a.m.  Coffee and light breakfast/snack will be provided.  Please contact Vickie via e-mail or phone if you plan to attend. Fall River state park will open up a cabin or two for anyone that wants to come the night before or stay the night of the 19th before venturing on to another CBC. Contact Vickie to make these arrangements

Halstead/Newton - Meet at the Kaufman Museum, 27th and Main in North Newton, at 6:45 a.m.  Bring a sack lunch. Compilation at 4:45 p.m. at the museum. Contact compiler by December 12 if you plan to participate.

Hays - Meet at the south entrance of Albertson Hall, Fort Hays State University campus at 7:30 a.m.

Holton - Contact compiler for details if you are interested.

Kanopolis Lake - Contact Bob if you plan to help with the count. Meet in Riverside Park at 8:00 a.m. Bring your lunch and beverages.

Jetmore - Contact compiler for information.

John Redmond - Meet at 7:30 at the John Redmond Reservoir Corps of Engineer's Office west of New Strawn on Embankment Rd.

Junction City - Meet at Sapp Brothers Truck stop, I-70 Exit 295, at 7:30 a.m.

Lawrence - Parties and locations are determined ahead of time.  Please contact Galen ahead of time if you want to participate.

Leavenworth - Contact John ahead of time to confirm participation and to get details.

Linn County - Meet at the Library in LaCygne, 209 N. Broadway LaCygne, at 7 a.m. Maps and count sheets will be handed out and we'll come back to library to compile that evening. Anyone who can help is invited.

Manhattan - Contact compiler for details and assignments. The count circle is divided into 6 sectors with each sector leader assigning segments for participants.

Marion - Meet at Wendy's in Hillsboro at 7:30 a.m. for assignments. Contact Tom for more information.

Melvern Lake - Contact compiler for more details.

Olathe -Meet at west Olathe McDonalds (K-7 & Santa Fe) at 7:00 AM. Most count group areas are covered by walking parks or streamway trails in their area. Due to the nature of development in our count circle, typically most of our groups are not doing extensive driving for “road cruising” counting. Please prepare accordingly. We will meet at McDonalds again for a lunch regroup before resuming counting for the afternoon. Potluck dinner in early evening for compiling the day’s lists, but please feel free to join even if you can’t bring a side or dessert. Location/time provided to count participants at the morning meetup.

Olsburg - Meet in Olsburg at the Farmhouse store/restaurant, 400 2nd St, at 7:00 - 7:45 a.m.

Oskaloosa/Perry Lake - Contact compiler for more information.

Parsons - Meet at St Paul Café - 717 Washington St, St Paul, KS, 6:30 for breakfast or 6:45 for assignments. Please contact Andrew if you plan to participate or have any questions.

Quivira - Meet at the headquarters at 7:30 a.m.  Contact Mike Rader ahead of time if you plan to participate.

Red Hills - Meet at the Medicine River Truck Stop, located at 301 N. Fowler in Medicine Lodge, located right on US 160 at the junction with US 281. Groups will depart at 7:30 a.m.  Bring a lunch.

Salina - Meeting place is Lakewood Discovery Center at Lakewood Park in Salina. Meet at 8:00 a.m.

Sawyer - Meet in the Pratt KDWPT office at 7:30 a.m.. Contact compiler ahead of time. In case of inclement weather, alternate date is 1/2/2018.

Sedan - Meet at Granny Wolfe's Green Door Cafe (north side of West Main in Sedan) at 7:30 for breakfast or 8:00 to start birding.

Slate Creek - Meet at the Slate Valley Baptist Church, 7 miles south of Oxford at 8:00 a.m.

St. Marys - Contact compiler for meeting details.

Syracuse - Contact Jeff for meeting location and details

Topeka - Contact compiler for information. Participants are pre-assigned to a group leader. Compilation and chili supper at 5:30 p.m.

Waconda - Contact Henry if you plan to participate. Meet at the convenience store across highway 24 from the east state park entrance just west of Glen Elder at 8 am.

Wakefield - Meet at the Suzy Q on main street in Wakefield for breakfast at 7:00 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. to start the count.

Webster Reservoir - Contact compiler.

Wichita - Meet at the Great Plains Nature Center parking lot at 7:30 a.m. Compilation is at 5:30 pm. at the Great Plains Nature Center.

Wilson Lake - Meet at the Wilson State Park headquarters office at 7:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided.

Winfield/Udall - Meet at Southwestern College, Beech Science Center at 7:30 a.m. 

Yoder - Meet at Carriage Crossing restaurant in Yoder at 7:00 a.m. for breakfast. Please contact compiler ahead of time if you plan to participate.

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