North American Migration Count

Scores of Arizona birders will be out in the field on Saturday, 11 May, 2013, counting birds for the 22nd annual North American Migration Count (NAMC), and we hope you will be among them. To participate, please contact one of the county coordinators here.

In Arizona, the count is coordinated by Arizona Field Ornithologists and is supported by local Audubon Societies, local bird clubs, and other interested organizations. The purpose of the NAMC is to obtain a “snapshot” in time of the annual spring migration, to gather information on the abundance and distribution of each species, and to have fun. Because each count boundary is a county, and not a circle as is used for the Christmas Bird Count, the results yield a contiguous set of nonoverlapping counts across North America.

The final tallies for Arizona will be posted on the AZFO website. For results of previous NAMC counts in Arizona, please click here.