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.

2025 Vancouver Christmas Bird Count

For the Vancouver Area Circle, the 2025 Christmas Bird count is on December 20.

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

• 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 Peter Candido (who is assisted this year by Neill Vanhinsberg). As of October 1st we are fortunate to have a full complement of Area Leaders.

Email the count coordinators Kelvin Yip and Michelle Baudais using the email address cbc@naturevancouver.ca if you have questions.

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.

Results of the 2024 Vancouver Christmas Bird Count

The 2024 Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, December 14th.  Thanks to every one who participated and to Peter McNamee for coordinating this year’s count. A complete report by Peter Candido is available from https://naturevancouver.ca/2024-vancouver-christmas-bird-count/.