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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Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
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Midsummer in Sweden
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Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
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Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!
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World Elephant Day
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What are these creatures?
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Happy Hobbit Day
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Cheetah mother and cub
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Tesla, the visionary
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Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
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Penn Station
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Spotted owlet, Bangkok, Thailand
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Cold? What cold?
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It s Mountain Day in Japan
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Bormio, Lombardy, Italy
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Juniper Springs, Florida
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Tennis in the park
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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National Hammock Day
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A spectacle unlike any other
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Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada
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Happy Cousins Day!
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Ukrainian Independence Day
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In honor of those we ve lost
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Center-Val de Loire, France
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What kind of bird laid these eggs?
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Castle Square, Old Town, Warsaw, Poland
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