12/14: Annual Christmas Bird Count
Help Golden Gate Bird Alliance document bird activty at Corica Park in this annual nationwide event.
DATES & TIMES
Dec 14, 2025, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Corica Park Golf Course, 1 Clubhouse Memorial Rd, Alameda, CA 94502, USA
EVENT DETAILS & INFORMATION
Spend a fun morning outdoors with Golden Gate Bird Alliance counting individual birds and species, and contributing to our understanding of bird populations! Corica Park, home to more than 100 species of birds will be one of the count sites. Both beginners and experienced birders welcome.
Learn more and sign up for the event here. The webiste will be updated as plans are in place for 2025.
About Annual Christmas Bird Counts
The Annual Christmas Bird Count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society and conducted by volunteers, is the nation’s longest running citizen science bird project. Between mid-December and early-January, counts held annually throughout North America attempt to record every individual bird observed within a defined 15-mile diameter — about 177 square miles — during one calendar day.
Every December, hundreds of Bay Area birders take part in Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs). From before dawn until dusk, they trek through parks, neighborhoods, and wetlands, venture out in boats on the bay, and skirt reservoirs and bayside mudflats to identify the species and count the numbers of birds at every site. Check out past CBC results here.
Count Area – The Oakland count circle which includes Corica Park extends from Treasure Island northeast to the San Pablo Reservoir in Contra Costa County, and south to St. Mary’s College in Moraga and the Oakland International Airport. (That includes not just Oakland but the cities of Alameda, Emeryville, Berkeley, Albany, Orinda, Moraga, and Lafayette.) With its wide variety of habitats, the Oakland count typically records more than 170 bird species. View a MAP of our Oakland count areas.