They will be joining tens of thousands of birders across the Americas who will brave the uncertain weather (or stay home and watch a feeder) to count every bird of every species they can find in one day, as part of the annual Christmas Bird Count.

On Monday, December 27, bird watchers and nature enthusiasts, armed with binoculars, bird guides, and checklists, will try to count all the birds they can identify from Little Valley Road to Big River

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Year-round Shorebird Surveys since 2007

Volunteers from the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society conducted several years of monitoring cormorant colonies in central coastal Mendocino County.

The oystercatcher is considered vulnerable to decline due to its small global population size (10,000-12,000), low reproductive success and complete dependence on rocky intertidal shorelines.

In 2015, MCAS completed a citizen science project established in 1995 at Point Cabrillo Light Station, a 300-acre California State Historic Park preserve north of Mendocino Village.