RRBO CBC gallery

The Rouge River Bird Observatory
CBC Gallery

CBC Participants 1999 Rick Simek, Pam St. Amour, Andy Dettling, Jerry Sadowski, Greg Norwood, Fred McDonald.

Jerry Sadowski dreams about Snow Buntings after the 1996 CBC (click on the picture)

CBC Participants 1997 Standing: Debbie Dedona, Pam St. Amour, Mike O'Leary, Gary Hutman, Dan Gertiser, Rick Simek. Kneeling: Greg Norwood, Julie Craves, Jerry Sadowski

Jerry is also known as "Gear Head," and we periodically ask him to empty his pockets to see how prepared he is for a survey. Here is the 1999 CBC Pocket Inventory:

Audubon bird call
Swiss Army knife (2)
Hand lotion
Bandana (3)
Dental floss
Wash 'N' Dri
Notebooks (3)
Flashlight
Extra pair of glasses
Extra pair of gloves
Trash bag
Cell phone
Vitamins
Bogan tripod screwdriver
Marker (1)Handwarmers (4)
Field guide
Lens Pen
Highlighter (2)
Pens (3)
Chapstick
Thermometer
Chewy granola bar (2)

Jerry, 1-1-01. What a ham!

Our count is always held on New Year's Day. Thus, there's a good chance you'll find festive discarded items on your route, like this dazzling party hat, modeled by Julie Craves on 1-1-2004.

This Merlin on 1-1-2004 at the sunflower fields by Ford World Headquarters was a first winter record for Dearborn, and a first on the Detroit River CBC!

You never know what you might find along the
concrete channel of the Rouge River, such as
this luxurious fishing camp (left), or what is
apparently the local water taxi.

Rouge River Bird Observatory,

Natural Areas Dept., University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128