Please contact the compiler for all details and to express interest in participating in all counts. If you have dates to add or information to change, or questions in general regarding these counts, please contact Chuck Otte at cotte@twinvalley.net. Starting in 2018, KOS has set standard dates that won't change from year to year. Those dates are December 12 to January 12. More details on some counts can be found by clicking on the CBC name.
If you've never participated in a Christmas Bird Count, here's some quick information about what they are and what to expect.
Compilers - The forms will be been sent the week of Thanksgiving. If you don't have yours by December 1st, please contact Chuck (after checking your junk or spam folder!)
Consider joining KOS or donating to KOS to support activities like this.
Updated December 2, 2024
Please contact compiler if you wish to participate!!
| Date/CBC | Contact | Contact/Meeting Information |
| Thursday, December 12, 2024 | ||
| Kanopolis Lake | Mike Rader | Meet at Riverside Park at 8, bring your lunch, contact Mike first |
| Saturday, December 14, 2024 | ||
| Halstead/Newton | Lorna Harder | lornajhh@gmail.com |
| Hays | Medhavi Ambardar | Meet in Albertson Hall 169 (FHSU) at 7:30 a.m. |
| John Redmond | Bob Culbertson | bob.culbertson@kaws.org 620.364.9485 |
| Lawrence | Galen Pittman | galenpitt@gmail.com Contact compiler if interested |
| Manhattan | Mark Mayfield | ferguson.mayfield@gmail.com 785.776.6495 |
| Olathe | Rosanna Munoz | RosannaEMN@gmail.com |
| Topeka | Carol Morgan | crxmorgan@gmail.com 785.554.5112 |
| Wichita | Kevin Groeneweg | kgroeneweg1616@gmail.com 316.706.9116 Meet at the Great Plains Nature Center Parking Lot at 7:30 a.m.. Compilation at 5:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Nature Center |
| Sunday, December 15, 2024 | ||
| Baldwin | Calvin Cink | ccinkbird76@gmail.com 785.594.6546 |
| Bonner Springs/Lansing | Galen Pittman | galenpitt@gmail.com Contact compiler if interested |
| Emporia | Bill Jensen | wjensen1@emporia.edu 620.341.5339 |
| Olsburg | Cindy Jeffrey | cinraney@ksu.edu 785.565.3326 Meet in Greenwood Park. |
| Oskaloosa/Perry Lake | Debby McKee | grmasmurf@gmail.com |
| Udall/Winfield | Max Thompson | maxt@cox.net 620.229.3876 Meet at Beech Science Center, Southwestern College, Winfield at 7:30 a.m. |
| Wilson Lake | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com 785.658.2595 Meet at State Park office at 7:30 a.m. and at noon (lunch provided.) Contact Mike ahead of time to indicate that you'll be participating.. |
| Monday, December 16, 2024 | ||
| Cheyenne Bottoms | Curtis Wolf | 877.243.9268 Meet at Kansas Wetlands Education Center at 8:00 a.m. |
| Tuesday, December 17, 2024 | ||
| Linn County | Roger Boyd | rboydbird69@gmail.com 785.424.0595 |
| Quivira NWR | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com 785.658.2595 Meet at the headquarters at 7:30 a.m. to receive assignments and again at noon (no lunch provided.) Contact Mike ahead of time to indicate you'll be participating. |
| Sedan | Vickie Cikanek | Vickie.Cikanek@ks.gov 785.501.0867 Meet at the Subway in Sedan, 8 a.m. |
| Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | ||
| Sawyer | Jordan Hofmeier | jordan.hofmeier@ks.gov 785.249.0874 |
| Slate Creek | Gene Young | youngg6264@yahoo.com 620.660.0547 Meet at Slate Valley Baptist Church, 7 miles outh of Oxford (S. Oxford Rd and E 80th St.) at 8 a.m. |
| Thursday, December 19, 2024 | ||
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El Dorado |
Vickie Cikanek | Vickie.Cikanek@ks.gov 785.501.0867 Meet at McDonalds on Central at 8 a.m. |
| Parsons | Andrew Burnett | aburnett9180@gmail.com 816.810.3913 |
| Friday, December 20, 2024 | ||
| Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | Denise Cameron | denise_cameron@nps.gov |
| Saturday, December 21, 2024 | ||
| Arkansas City | Gene Young | youngg6264@yahoo.com 620.660.0547 Meet at Newman Park on Hwy 77 just north of Arkansas River at 8 a.m. |
| Salina | Byron Grauerholz | blgrauerholz@yahoo.com |
| Sunday, December 22, 2024 | ||
| Waconda | Henry Armknecht | whatabirder@hotmail.com 785.346.4208 |
| Wakefield | Chuck Otte | cotte@twinvalley.net 785.463.5485 |
| Tuesday, December 24, 2024 | ||
| Kirwin | Byron Grauerholz | blgrauerholz@yahoo.com Date is tentative. Contact compiler to confirm! |
| Saturday, December 28, 2024 | ||
| Holton | Carol Morgan | crxmorgan@gmail.com 785.554.5112 |
| Leavenworth/Atchison | John Schukman | schuksaya@kc.rr.com 913.547.1751 |
| Scott Lake | Sara Shane | sjns4422@gmail.com |
| Sunday, December 29, 2024 | ||
| Junction City | Chuck Otte | cotte@twinvalley.net 785.463.5485 |
| Monday, December 30, 2024 | ||
| Marion | Tom Ewert | trewert@yahoo.com 316.670.3140 Meet at the Shari Flaming Welcome Center on Tabor College campus at 7:30 This is at 190th which in Hillsboro is D street and Jefferson. |
| Wednesday, January 1, 2025 | ||
| St. Marys | Debby McKee | grmasmurf@gmail.com |
| Southeast Kansas Mined Lands | Andrew George | adgeorge@pittstate.edu 620.235.4030 |
| Thursday, January 2, 2025 | ||
| Dodge City | Jeff Calhoun | jeffcalhoun11@gmail.com 316.737.1307 |
| Saturday, January 4, 2025 | ||
| Benedictine Bottoms | Heidi Eaton | hcgenter@gmail.com 719.534.3931 |
| Cimarron National Grasslands | Max Thompson | maxt@cox.net 620.229.3876 |
| Red Hills | Pete Janzen | pete.janzen@sbcglobal.net 316.519.1970 Meet at Casey's General Store, 314 S Iliff St in Medicine Lodge at 7:30 a.m. |
| Sunday, January 5, 2025 | ||
| Black Mesa (Kenton, Oklahoma) | Jimmie Woodard | j.woodard@cox.net 405.365.5685 |
| Syracuse | Art Nonhof | artnonhof@sbcglobal.net 620.640.1444 |
| Saturday, January 11, 2025 | ||
| Blackwolf | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com 785.658.2595 |
| To Be Announced, contact compiler | ||
| Council Grove | James Malcom | iambirding@prodigy.net 785.256.2841 |
|
Garden City |
Michael Ramsey | mramsey@hmbcr.com |
| Melvern Lake | James Malcom | iambirding@prodigy.net |
| Webster Reservoir | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com 785.658.2595 |