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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National Bird Day
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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World Whale Day
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Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
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On the hunt
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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International Womens Day
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The Feathers at Frenchman Coulee near Vantage, Washington
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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In Sicily, history is everywhere
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Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany
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World Jellyfish Day
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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Fighting evil with costumes
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San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy
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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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The largest American bison around
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Party like it’s 5779
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Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
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Native American Heritage Month
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Ancient art in the Amazon
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World Bee Day
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The globe skimmers return
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Aerial view of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico
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Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
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