Rock Cut Christmas Bird Count's Journal

A common mistake that is often made by people first getting into Christmas Bird Counts is only focusing on the forest preserves and parks in their territory and ignoring everything else. Unfortunately, this means that a lot of really good birds get missed and people think that the territory they got is "boring". These tips are intended to help see your territory in a new light, and maybe find a new hotspot that you didn't know was there.

Count Week
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/60788-christmas-bird-count-tips-count-week
Hedge Rows
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56285-tips-hedgerows-all-of-them
Scouting
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/57237-christmas-bird-count-tips-scouting
Birding in Groups
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/57185-birding-in-groups
Underappreciated sites: Neighborhoods
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56211-underappreciated-sites-neighborhoods
Underappreciated sites: Golf Courses
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56209-underappreciated-sites-golf-courses
Private Property
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56208-tips-private-property
Roadside Birding
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56205-tips-roadside-birding
Feeder Watching
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56134-tips-feeder-watching-for-christmas-bird-counts
Top Ten Tips
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56135-tips-ten-tips-for-a-happy-and-successful-christmas-bird-count
Owling
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/68162-christmas-bird-count-tips-owling

After the 10th count, I made iNaturalist projects for those and thecount summaries are on their respective journals.

Inaugural Count 12/14/08
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56095-inaugural-rock-cut-cbc-count-109-12-14-2008
2nd Count 1/3/10
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56096-2nd-rock-cut-cbc-count-110-1-3-10
3rd Count 12/19/10
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56097-3rd-rock-cut-cbc-count-111-12-19-10
4th Count 12/28/11
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56098-4th-rock-cut-cbc-count-112-12-28-11
5th Count 12/26/12
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56100-5th-rock-cut-cbc-count-113-12-26-12
No Count for year 114
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56101-no-count-for-114
6th Count 12/27/14
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56119-6th-rock-cut-cbc-count-115-12-27-14
7th Count 1/2/16
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56121-7th-rock-cut-cbc-116-1-2-16
8th Count 12/26/16
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56122-8th-rock-cut-cbc-count-117-12-26-16
9th Count 12/27/17
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56123-9th-rock-cut-cbc-count-118-12-27-17
10th Count 12/26/18
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count/journal/56124-10th-rock-cut-cbc-count-119-12-26-18