{"id":31147,"date":"2025-10-28T11:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdsconnectsea.org\/?p=31147"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:00:58","slug":"update-working-towards-an-ideal-cbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdsconnectsea.org\/2025\/10\/28\/update-working-towards-an-ideal-cbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Towards an IDEAL CBC 2025 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-30px|auto||auto||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;11.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-17px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 9px;\"><span class=\"ui-provider ed ccf ccg cch cci ccj cck ccl ccm ccn cco ccp ccq ccr ccs cct ccu ccv ccw ccx ccy ccz cda cdb cdc cdd cde cdf cdg cdh cdi cdj cdk cdl cdm\" dir=\"ltr\">CBC | Toby Ross\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||17px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>by Hanae Bettencourt, Community Engagement Manager<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Last year, we embarked on an exciting journey to make the annual Christmas Bird Count, or CBC, more accessible to all birders in our community. With the support from National Audubon and a team of scholars at North Carolina State University, I\u00a0participated in a months-long program called IDEAL Participatory Sciences and worked with CBC compilers and coordinators from across the country to adapt Birds Connect Seattle&#8217;s CBC programming to better fit our local urban community.<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/birdsconnectsea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Christmas-Bird-Count-BCS-2023_Doug-Plummer-8.jpg&#038;#8221\">https:\/\/birdsconnectsea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Christmas-Bird-Count-BCS-2023_Doug-Plummer-8.jpg&#038;#8221<\/a>; alt=&#8221;Image features four people looking up through binoculars.&#8221; title_text=&#8221;CBC count, UBNA&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;11.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-17px|-25px||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|27px|10px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 9px;\"><span class=\"ui-provider ed ccf ccg cch cci ccj cck ccl ccm ccn cco ccp ccq ccr ccs cct ccu ccv ccw ccx ccy ccz cda cdb cdc cdd cde cdf cdg cdh cdi cdj cdk cdl cdm\" dir=\"ltr\">CBC | Doug Plumber<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Like many projects related to equity and justice, the changes in programming were multi-faceted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<ul>\n<li role=\"presentation\">After discovering that many participants were intimidated by the long, full-day count routes, we split two existing routes into shorter, more digestible schedules, allowing for more half-day count options.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">We created an advisory board of women and gender-expansive individuals between the ages of 18-39 to brainstorm the many ways in which we could make CBC more inviting to folks like them. It was through these conversations that we were able to recruit three people from this focal group to become leaders or co-leaders within the Seattle CBC circle.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Two routes were designated specifically for certain members of our volunteer pool, with the Lake Union\/Queen Anne route being specifically for young adults under the age of 40, and the Montlake Fill\/UBNA route reserved for BIPOC volunteers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/birdsconnectsea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BCS-NextGen-Council-CBC-.png&#038;#8221\">https:\/\/birdsconnectsea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BCS-NextGen-Council-CBC-.png&#038;#8221<\/a>; alt=&#8221;Photo features members of the NextGen Council during CBC.&#8221; title_text=&#8221;BCS NextGen Council, CBC&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;11.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-17px|-25px||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|27px|10px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 9px;\"><span class=\"ui-provider ed ccf ccg cch cci ccj cck ccl ccm ccn cco ccp ccq ccr ccs cct ccu ccv ccw ccx ccy ccz cda cdb cdc cdd cde cdf cdg cdh cdi cdj cdk cdl cdm\" dir=\"ltr\">CBC, Birds Connect Seattle Nextgen Council<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This year, we will expand on these changes with additional modifications to keep the momentum going.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Ravenna West route will be designated for LGBTQIA+ volunteers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Move the after-count gathering to a slightly more central location (Reuben&#8217;s Brews Barrel House in Ballard)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Split two more routes (Southwest Seattle and Green Lake) to allow for shorter, more enjoyable count days.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-ogsc=\"\">Welcome additional people into leadership roles! Would you like to be a CBC leader? Reach out!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We&#8217;re also hosting two new volunteer info sessions for folks who are curious about the project but nervous about participating. 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