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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Wild scene on the Merced River
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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Summer solstice
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Brain coral
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Welcome to California
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Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
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A place fit for the gods
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Chestnut-headed bee-eaters, Bardia National Park, Nepal
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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Heron lies the Salton Sea
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Vote!
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And to think that I saw it in Cappadocia
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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Happy Mothers Day!
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