Southern Wisconsin is full of bird enthusiasts. So it’s no surprise that each year, this part of the state turns out a great set of Christmas Bird Counts. In 2023, 12 counts were done within the BBA chapter area (which encompasses 10 counties), coordinated independently and made possible by dedicated, excellent volunteers. Below are the results of the 2023 Christmas Bird Counts in our area.

Thank you to everyone involved for sharing your time, energy, and enthusiasm for birds!

Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS

Southern Wisconsin is full of bird enthusiast. So it’s no surprise that each year, this part of the state turns out a great set of Christmas Bird Counts. In 2022, 10 counts were done within the Madison Audubon chapter area (which encompasses 10 counties), coordinated independently and put on by excellent volunteers. Below are the results of the most recent Christmas Bird Counts in our area.

Photo by Mick Thompson

You may have read about the results of the Madison-area Christmas Bird Count in this recent blog post, but the Christmas Bird Count is much, much bigger! In south-central Wisconsin (inside Madison Audubon’s chapter boundaries) alone, nine CBC counts were held in 2021, led by great coordinators, populated by dedicated birders, and documented thousands of birds that we wanted to bring them all together into one place.

Photo by Monica Hall

The results from this year include a lot of typical species we see in mid-December, as well as a couple of pleasant surprises and a couple of eye-brow raisers. Below is the list for the birds seen and effort data from the 2021 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count.

Photo by Paul Noeldner