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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Dolomites
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National Park Service anniversary
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Digging the birds
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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A Christmas market with a long history
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
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Dressed to impress
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Groundhog Day
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A place called ‘Peace’ in India
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Where do those colors come from?
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Why does this panda cub look so happy?
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San Francisco Bay salt flats
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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High above the reef
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A garden of prickly delights
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Brown-throated three-toed sloth in cecropia tree, Costa Rica
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Shark Awareness Day
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National Park Week begins
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A sea of swirling stone
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The artists come to Venice
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Seville celebrates first world tour
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Cenote near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
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New Zealand s loneliest mountain
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A splash by the sea
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Wander the ancient medina
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Ukrainian Independence Day
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All in a day s work