The Christmas Bird Count is the world’s longest running Citizen Science Project. The goal of the count is to have fun and learn about birds. As a bonus, the data collected helps scientists and others to track changes in bird populations across North America and around the world.

Birders at all levels of ability are welcome to join the count each year:

• Field Counters travel and cover a portion of the Count Circle on their own or in a small party, counting all birds they find.
• Feeder Counters record all the birds visiting their feeders or yard from a stationary position.

More eyes are generally better and beginner field counters can help find birds for experts to identify, or can act as a scribe for a more experienced birder.

The map of the count circle below shows all 25 areas, each of which has an Area Leader who organizes where volunteers spend their effort on count day, collects count results, and makes sure those results get submitted to the count compiler.

Click on an area to see the description in the panel on the left-hand side. To enlarge the map, click on the square icon in the upper right-hand corner of the map.

2025 Vancouver Christmas Bird Count

For the Vancouver Area Circle, the 2025 Christmas Bird count was held on December 20. It was coordinated by Kelvin Yip and Michelle Baudais. The count was compiled by Peter Candido assisted this year by Neill Vanhinsberg. For more information about future bird counts, please contact the count coordinators at cbc@naturevancouver.ca .

Reports of the 2025 and previous Christmas Bird Counts are available from the link below: