Due to the presence of COVID-19 in our lives, National Audubon has put forth some guidelines, and we ask that you follow their suggestions.

1. There will be no in-person countdown lunch meeting.
2. Please maintain social distancing and wear masks when you are in the field with your group.
3. Carpooling may only occur within existing familiar or social “pod” groups. It is more difficult and not as much fun, but we ask that you use separate vehicles when moving from stop to stop in your count area.
4. This year, we will not be inviting new people to the count.
5. Please be especially mindful of private property this year and make any necessary arrangements with landowners well in advance.
6. Most importantly, do not feel pressured to count if you don’t want to. Audubon has explicitly assured us that their long-term dataset will not be compromised by inconsistent or missing data from this year.

As of this writing, it appears that most public areas around the lake will be open for counting. We should be able to make special arrangements for closed areas. If this changes, we will let you know.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Tom Driscoll, our count organizer and compiler (by email: spttdrdshnk@yahoo.com or phone or text to 919-636-0482). All participants must sign up with Tom.

Chapel Hill Bird Club Meeting will be held January 25, 2021 via Zoom.   Please see below for zoom link, meeting ID and passcode.  Zoom lines will be open at 7:15pm and the meeting will begin at 7:30pm.  

Speaker and Topic: Kindra Mammone.  Bird and Mammal Rescue and Rehabilitation.

Kindra is executive director of CLAWS, Inc, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and speaking for North Carolina Wildlife, through educating the public as well as rescuing and rehabilitating those animals in need. 

Kindra was nominated and made Animal Planet's 20 national semi-finalists for Hero of the Year in both 2007 and 2008! She has also received many local awards, such as Home Town Heroes, for the work she does with CLAWS. Kindra has spent a lifetime working with wild and exotic species as well as horses and other domestic animals. Thanks mostly to her Father and Grandfather, she spent the majority of her life living with raccoons, skunks and other native species as pets. She has over 20 years of experience rehabilitating wildlife and has worked with several exotic animal rescues and sanctuaries, working in fundraising and direct animal care. 

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