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Gather up your binoculars and camera, make those sandwiches and pack a lunch, it's time for the 124th Audubon Christmas Bird Count.

Q: I am interested in seeing the 17-year locusts [cicadas] and don't want to wait another 17 years. Can you suggest places to see and hear them? Will they be around here, and if so, when? I know the annual ones are always noisy here when the hot August summer days get underway. — Randy J., Pittsfield A: Unfortunately for those of us living in the Berkshires, we are too far north. Regardless if we have been waiting 17 years since 2004 for the last locust cycle to see locusts, or since 1970 for three cycles, we are going to be too distant for a day trip.