For 120 years, outdoor enthusiasts have put down their weapons and picked up binoculars instead for a long-lived holiday tradition that’s all about the birds. The National Audubon Society’s annual ...
Sally Laughlin started the Christmas Bird Count in Woodstock 50 years ago and has been organizing it ever since. She’s retiring after this year. About 20 people gathered in a church in Woodstock in ...
Counting birds isn’t as easy as it sounds. Just ask Steve Alter, who offers this scenario by way of explanation: “If you’re walking through a park and you see woodpeckers, you’re likely to see them ...
A few weeks ago, I participated in the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, a yearly ritual of one-day bird counts that take place throughout December and into early January. My count area ...
Stacy Ogutu has the eyes of a red-tailed hawk and the quick note-taking skills of an educated song sparrow. Both of those talents were on display as the McCandless youth marked down every bird she and ...
The RSPB is asking homeowners, gardeners and renters around the UK to take part in its Big Garden Birdwatch. The world’s largest garden wildlife survey is returning for 2025 with the goal of helping ...
Fourteen teams of volunteer bird counters met before dawn at locations all over Baton Rouge on Friday to participate in the Audubon Society’s Annual Christmas Bird Count, said Dan Mooney, with the ...
About 20 people gathered in a church in Woodstock in late December as it got dark. They had spent the day walking and driving and looking out kitchen windows searching for birds in a big circle that ...