Every animal leaves traces of what it was, man alone leaves traces of what he created. Jacob Bronowski.

The first Christmas Bird Count was held on Christmas Day in 1900 in New York City. Now, about 60,000 people participate annually in over 2000 different Christmas Bird Counts held throughout North and South America. The data collected are used to analyze changes in bird numbers. For example, Audubon’s 2009 report explores the impact of climate change on bird populations across the continent. The Woodstock Bird Count has been held in mid-December every year since 1934. You can download excel summaries of our results below. To see online summaries of all of the world's Christmas Bird Counts, go to http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/.

Above: Pine Warbler seen on 2010 CBC (18 December 2010). This was a new bird for our Christmas count - the 129th species we have seen over the years. Photo J.H. Skevington.

The data for the Woodstock Christmas Bird Counts from 1934-2010 are available below in excel format. Just click to download.

2010 results (49 kB excel file)

1934 to 2010 (131 kB excel file)

Map of Woodstock CBC count area (696 kB jpg)

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