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 November 19, 2025
Please contact compiler if you wish to participate!!
| Date/CBC | Contact | Contact/Meeting Information |
| Friday, December 12, 2025 | ||
| Kanopolis Lake | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com |
| Saturday, December 13, 2025 | ||
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Garden City |
Michael Ramsey | mramsey@hmbcr.com |
| Sunday, December 14, 2025 | ||
| Baldwin | Calvin Cink | ccinkbird76@gmail.com 785.594.6546 |
| Emporia | Bill Jensen | wjensen1@emporia.edu 620.341.5339 |
| 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 |
| Monday, December 15, 2025 | ||
| Cheyenne Bottoms | Curtis Wolf | 877.243.9268 Meet at Kansas Wetlands Education Center at 8 a.m. |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | ||
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El Dorado |
Vickie Cikanek | Vickie.Cikanek@ks.gov 785.501.0867 Meet at McDonalds on Central at 8 a.m. |
| Quivira NWR | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com 785.658.2595 |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | ||
| Linn County | Roger Boyd | rboydbird69@gmail.com 785.424.0595 |
| Slate Creek | Gene Young | youngg6264@yahoo.com 620.660.0547 Meet at Slate Valley Baptist Church, 7 miles south of Oxford (S. Oxford Rd and E 80th St.) at 8 a.m. |
| Thursday, December 18, 2025 | ||
| Sawyer | Jordan Hofmeier | jordan.hofmeier@ks.gov 785.249.0874 |
| Sedan | Vickie Cikanek | Vickie.Cikanek@ks.gov 785.501.0867 Meet at the One Stop/Phillips 66 station in Sedan, 8 a.m. |
| Friday, December 19, 2025 | ||
| Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | Denise Cameron | denise_cameron@nps.gov Meet at Visitor's Center at 8 a.m. |
| Saturday, December 20, 2025 | ||
| Benedictine Bottoms | Heidi Eaton | hcgenter@gmail.com 719.534.3931 |
| Halstead/Newton | Gregg Friesen | friesen.fenton@gmail.com 316.217.3301 Meet at Kauffman Museum at 6:45 a.m. |
| Hays | Diana Pantle | jokerlp28@earthlink.net Meet in Albertson Hall (FHSU) at 7:30 a.m. |
| Lawrence | Galen Pittman | galenpitt@gmail.com Contact compiler if interested |
| Manhattan | Mark Mayfield | ferguson.mayfield@gmail.com 785.776.6495 |
| Salina | Byron Grauerholz | blgrauerholz@yahoo.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 21, 2025 | ||
| Bonner Springs/Lansing | Galen Pittman | galenpitt@gmail.com Contact compiler if interested |
| Oskaloosa/Perry Lake | Debby McKee | grmasmurf@gmail.com |
| Wakefield | Chuck Otte | cotte@twinvalley.net 785.223.1403 |
| Monday, December 22, 2025 | ||
| Olsburg | Cindy Jeffrey | cinraney@ksu.edu 785.565.3326 Meet in Greenwood Park. |
| Parsons | Andrew Burnett | aburnett9180@gmail.com 816.810.3913 |
| Saturday, December 27, 2025 | ||
| Cimarron National Grasslands | Max Thompson | maxt@cox.net 620.229.3876 |
| Holton | Carol Morgan | crxmorgan@gmail.com 785.554.5112 |
| Marion | Tom Ewert | trewert@yahoo.com 316.670.3140 Meet Tabor College Welcome Center 7:30 This is at 400 S. Jefferson Street, Hillsboro |
| Olathe | Rosanna Munoz | rosannaemn@gmail.com |
| Sunday, December 28, 2025 | ||
| Black Mesa (Kenton, Oklahoma) | Jimmie Woodard | j.woodard@cox.net 405.365.5685 |
| Junction City | Chuck Otte | cotte@twinvalley.net 785.223.1403 |
| Monday, December 29, 2025 | ||
| Leavenworth/Atchison | John Schukman | schuksaya@kc.rr.com 913.547.1751 |
| Wednesday, December 31, 2025 | ||
| Thursday, January 1, 2026 | ||
| St. Mary's | Debby McKee | grmasmurf@gmail.com |
| Southeast Kansas Mined Lands | Andrew George | adgeorge@pittstate.edu 620.235.4030 |
| Friday, January 2, 2026 | ||
| Dodge City | Jeff Calhoun | jeffcalhoun11@gmail.com 316.737.1307 |
| Saturday, January 3, 2026 | ||
| Pomona Lake | Logan Smith | logmelsmith@gmail.com |
| 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 4, 2026 | ||
| 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. |
| Syracuse | Art Nonhof | artnonhof@sbcglobal.net 620.640.1444 |
| Saturday, January 10, 2026 | ||
| Blackwolf | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com 785.658.2595 |
| To Be Announced, contact compiler | ||
| Melvern Lake | James Malcom | iambirding@prodigy.net |
| Waconda | Henry Armknecht | whatabirder@hotmail.com 785.346.4208 |
| Webster Reservoir | Mike Rader | mike_rader@hotmail.com 785.658.2595 |