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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Union Square, Manhattan
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Cheetah in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
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Legacy mural in Philadelphia
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World Lizard Day
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In praise of the old…the very old
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Happy New Year!
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The otherworldly red river
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High alpine color in Colorado
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Memorial Day
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Poinsettia Day
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Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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Great on so many levels
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A river runs through rice fields
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Seceda, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
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Autumn in Alaska
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
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International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
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Ides of March
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Twas a night just like tonight
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Boxing Day in East Yorkshire, England
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Space Week isnt over yet!
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Bringing the moon to Earth
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A silent witness to history
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Burns Night in Scotland
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Leaves of Grass
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Overlooking the Douro
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Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
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Here s looking at you
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Aerial view of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
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Sunbeams across Tartu County, Estonia
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