For your convenient reference, here is a list of all the 2016 Audubon CBCs (Christmas Bird Counts) in and around LIS (Long Island Sound), including their dates and compiler names.
Saturday, December 17, 2016:
** New Haven, CT (CTNH). Chris Loscalzo.
** Montauk, LI, NY (NYMK). Angus Wilson & Karen Rubinstein.
** Northern Nassau, LI, NY (NYNN). Glenn Quinn & Jennifer Wilson-Pines of NSAS.
Sunday, December 18, 2016:
** Greenwich-Stamford, CT (CTGS). Gary Palmer.
** Westport, CT (CTWE). Mardi & Townsend Dickinson.
** Napatree, RI-CT-NY (RINT). Shai Mitra & Glenn Williams.
** Queens, NY (NYQU). Corey Finger. Queens County Christmas Bird Count
Saturday, December 24, 2016: No CBCs in LIS.
Sunday, December 25, 2016: No CBCs in LIS.
Monday, December 26, 2016:
** Stratford-Milford, CT (CTSM). Steve Mayo.
** Bronx-Westchester Region, NY (NYBW). Michael Bochnik. Bronx-Westchester CBC
Tuesday, December 27, 2016:
** Smithtown, LI, NY (NYSM). Richard Gostic. This CBC always held on Dec.27th.
Saturday December 31, 2016:
** New London, CT (CTNL). Robert Dewire.
** Orient, LI, NY (NYOR). Patrick Hanly.
** Guilford-LIS, CT (CTGL). Tom Kelly and Louise Kelly. New CBC spanning sector 6 on the CT side of LIS, centered in mid-LIS at 41.191722, -72.682768.
Sunday, January 1, 2017:
** OldLyme-Saybrook, CT (CTOL). Barbara Hawes.
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The Montauk CBC is considered outside LISound but is used as a benchmark for comparisons with CBC's within LIS (LIS consists of more protected estuarine waters, while Montauk is more exposed to the ocean/shelf waters).
