I just returned from the first of my two Christmas Bird Counts for this year. What the heck is a Christmas Bird Count, you say? Well, it all started a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

In the 1800s there was something called a Christmas side hunt where people would choose sides and go out during the holiday and hunt. Whoever brought in the biggest pile of birds and other animals ...

Birders are flocking together for the annual Christmas Bird Count, a nationwide project created over a century ago to replace hunting traditions with birding. Why it matters: The annual Christmas ...

Dec. 23—SUPERIOR — Birders of all experience levels are invited to participate in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, Dec. 28. The count, hosted locally by the Friends of the Lake ...

Since its origin in 1900, the Christmas Bird Count has become a holiday fixture for ever-expanding numbers of birders across the globe, giving a valuable gift to generations of wildlife scientists ...

As most people know, these birds were often eaten across much of Europe in medieval times and beyond. The ninth day of Christmas is nine ladies dancing. Anyone who has watched courting birds knows ...

Christmas Day 2023 has come and gone. Twenty years ago, my mom died on Christmas morning. The time has gone by so fast. Yet, 20 years is long ago. Time is fast and furious and as slow as molasses.

One statistic from the recent Reading Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 15 that caught the eye of compiler Lucy has nothing to do with birds: There were 61 counters out in the field along with 19 ...

Mary Ann Thomas Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 6:01 a.m. | Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 6:01 a.m. While volunteer bird enthusiasts counted cardinals and robins for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count from Pittsburgh ...

In an annual tradition, dozens of Bradenton-area bird lovers looked to the sky earlier this month for the 125th Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Members of the Manatee County Audubon Society tallied ...

For the past 125 years, the Audubon Society, a national non-profit, has conducted a Christmas bird count in order to provide ...

A record-breaking number of volunteer watchers tallied the most species ever in December for the Audubon Society's Christmas ...