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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International Tiger Day
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Mount Hood, Oregon
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A wonderland in winter
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Manarola, Cinque Terre National Park, Liguria, Italy
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Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
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Happy 800th, Salisbury Cathedral
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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Henningsvær Stadion, Norway
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Poinsettia Day
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Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
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Anshun Bridge, Chengdu, China
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A cozy winter village
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Fiesta at Siesta
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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3, 2, 1 … Happy New Year!
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The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
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New York City skyline
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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The lemurs of Madagascar
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European Day of Parks
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National Panda Day
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Coming home to roost
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April Fools Day
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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St. Patrick s Day
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Let s run em up!
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Swimming into the season
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Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
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