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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Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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Birthplace of Roman emperors
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Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
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A unique elephant encounter in Nantes
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World Population Day
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Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve in Layton, Utah
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Replica of a Viking home in Dublin National Botanic Gardens, Ireland
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I see one!
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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World Meteorological Day
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Ready for takeoff
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Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Skyscraper Day
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Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
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Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
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Old Rock Day
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Black History Month
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Celebrate International Women’s Day
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Looking back at Yellowstone, 30 years after the fires
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
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Fin whales: A success story
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Falling for the Canadian Rockies
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All in a day s work
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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The eloquence of elephants
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Pamukkale, Turkey
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Dance of the egret
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