SHERBURNE- The Chenango Bird Club will hold a planning meeting for the upcoming Christmas Bird Count on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m., at Rogers Environmental Education Center’s Bird Exhibit Cabin. This meeting began preparation of the Christmas Count that will be held on Saturday, Dec. 17. The Chenango Bird Club members have conducted the Sherburne count since 1980, while this is the 117th Audubon Society sponsored Christmas Bird Count overall.

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a 24 hours event running from midnight to midnight on Dec. 17, where birders in the area will attempt to see and hear as many birds as possible. Our count area is a circle, centered at the intersection of Routes 12 and 80 in the Village of Sherburne, with a 15 mile diameter.

While some hearty souls get out overnight to listen for owls, most Christmas Count participants spend about four hours between breakfast and lunch in the morning covering an assigned territory. If you’d like to join a team for all or part of the day, please come to the meeting or contact the count organizer, Fred Von Mechow at 607-674-4214 or fvonmechow@yahoo.com.