GLOBAL BIG DAY 2026
And what a big day it was! Thirty-three birders stomped around Marquette, Alger, Iron, Baraga, Houghton, and Bay County searching out the best of the 2026 spring migration, adding our totals to the eBird Global Big Day event.
First Annual LWBA Global Big Day Extravaganza – Saturday, May 9
Welcome Birders This year, LWBA invites you to participate in Global Big Day. What is Global Big Day? Global Big Day 2026 is on Saturday, 9 May 2026, a 24-hour worldwide event inviting birders to document as many bird species as possible to support conservation. Organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, …
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Gwinn 2024 Audubon Christmas Bird Count
The 2024-25 Gwinn Christmas Bird Count, held on January 4, involved six observers covering nearly 67 miles. They recorded 758 birds of 27 species, with a notable high for Ruffed Grouse. Despite challenging weather, excellent coverage resulted in species totals close to historical averages, maintaining a cumulative total of 53 species.
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2024 Audubon Christmas Bird Count – Marquette, Michigan
The 2024 bird count faced challenges, yielding the lowest species tally since 2016 with only 1,822 individuals recorded due to prior extreme cold. Despite elusive rarities, owls were notable, especially the record of Great Horned Owls. Efforts decreased this year, impacting overall results and species diversity observed during the count.
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Christmas Bird Count 2023
Christmas Bird Count 2023 Christmas Bird Count Dates by Cathy Waller National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) takes place this year from December 14, 2023, through January 5, 2024. Participation is free! Audubon is following the Centers for Disease Control guidance, which advises that there is very little risk …
Pre-count Information – 121st CBC
2020 LWAS Audubon Christmas Bird Count Dates MORE ABOUT THE CBC (Ann Joyal) Christmas Bird Counts this year will take on a different format to account for restrictions caused by the COVID-19 virus. A few differences to help with COVID-19 safety for this year:1) There will be no in-person gatherings …
Michigamme Highlands CBC Report
The third annual Michigamme Highlands Christmas Bird Count was held last Sunday, 12/28. Eleven participants counted a total of 977 birds from 25species. This ties our species count from the first year and is up from 21 recorded in 2013. We added two new species this time, Barred Owl and Pine Siskin, which …
Gwinn Christmas Bird Count
The 21st Gwinn Christmas Bird Count (CBC), held on January 3, yielded exactly 1000 birds of 28 species. Historically, the CBC was originally conducted for eight years from 1980 to 1987. In 2002, the count was resurrected, shifted to early January, and completed every year except for one since.During the …
Marquette 2014 Christmas Bird Count
We experienced relatively warm weather and calm winds on Saturday, Dec. 20, and general consensus was that because of the good weather, birds were not concentrated in the areas they would be in worse conditions: feeders and harbors. Overall bird numbers seemed low, but we ended up with a respectable …