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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Infinity Day
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Let us introduce you…
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Traveling warblers
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World Environment Day
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Get on your bike and ride
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Ring of fire
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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Hemingway’s Keys
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National Park Week continues
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
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The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
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Celebrating sea otters
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Crown Fountain by Jume Plensa at Millennium Park in Chicago
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A story of wind and ice
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Earth Day
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Black History Month
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How Quảng Ngãi got its grove back
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Baltic Sea, Estonia
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World Bamboo Day
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico
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Combating extinction with citizen science
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Womens History Month
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50 years of the Endangered Species Act
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A stroll above the stratosphere
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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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World Lizard Day
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World Penguin Day
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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