Today"s the first day of the 121st annual Christmas Bird Count, said to be the largest and longest-running citizen science project in the world. For the next 23 days, through January 5, thousands of volunteers around the US, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands will join members of the National Audubon Society for this important endeavor in the study and protection of birds. Together, they"ll scour the woods, fields, and lakes of their respective regions (or just watch their bird feeders), to take a census of the individual birds and species they find.
I see one!
Today in History
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers
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In orbit for Yuri s Night
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Welcome to Scotland s garden
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A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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Portland celebrates its bounty
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International Womens Day
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An enduring vision
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Mada in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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Racing toward history
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The largest American bison around
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Mount Sopris, Colorado
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Old underground cellar, Bavaria, Germany
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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International Polar Bear Day
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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National Bison Month
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Glacier cave in Iceland
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Castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt, Germany
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Shark Fin Cove, California
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Channel Country, Australia
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Midsummer in Sweden
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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Last day of National Park Week
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Decorating for Diwali
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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The ‘Night of Nights’