MAY COUNT
Saturday May 9, 2026

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

For the count, Howard County is divided up into the seven areas shown on the map.  Each area has an Area Coordinator who communicates with the counters, assigns territories, and compiles area results. If you are a beginner, ask to be teamed with a more experienced birder. Since the point is to tally every individual bird, your extra eyes and ears are helpful. If you want to see a particular species, give me a call, or send an email (202-256-8166/sig29@aol.com) and I will try to place you in a location where you would have a good chance of seeing that bird. If your time is not predictable for the Count, I encourage you to join a team or count as an individual in your yard or neighborhood for some time that day. If you decide to pursue this approach, please let me know of your intent and what constitutes your neighborhood.

Gregg Petersen ( May Count Coordinator, sig29@aol.com) and Chuck Stirrat (Bird Count Coordinator for all counts, stirrcr1@gmail.com)

At the end of the day, all our counters are invited to a tally rally to share what was seen and come up with the county totals.  This year’s tally rally will be proceeded by a one hour in-person potluck starting at 6 p.m. at my house. Unless you are still in the field, please try to submit your checklist to your Area Coordinator by the start of the tally rally at 7 p.m.

Area Coordinators

Area 1: Bill Hill gandb2000-02@yahoo.com

Area 2: Russ Kovach russell.kovach@gmail.com

Area 3: Chuck Stirrat (stirrcr1@gmail.com

Area 4: Steve Luke stevebirder3@gmail.com

Area 5: Tim McGowan timmcgowan@gmail.com

Area 6: Brian Moyer bmoyer0@gmail.com)

Area 7: Meghaan Lane (meghaanlane@gmail.com

Download the May2025FieldList_AOS65_V0_INTERACTIVE tally sheet

Complete the tally sheet online: Open the tally sheet and complete it online. When you have completed it, save it under a new name. (Do not save it under the original name.) Attach the completed form to an email to your area coordinator.

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Complete the tally sheet manually: Print it out. When you have completed it, photograph or scan it and email it to your area coordinator.

TEXT description of the seven areas.