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Nature: Chandlersville Bird Count in Ohio yields more than avian species, thanks to The Wilds Jim McCormac, Special to The Columbus Dispatch © Jim McCormac Two day old male Southern White Rhinoceros, with mother, at the Wilds Last Saturday was the Chandlersville Christmas Bird Count and, as for the past decade, I was there. Chandlersville is a rural Muskingum County community southeast of Zanesville. Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) began in 1900 and are run under the auspices of the National Audubon Society. Last year, 2,646 counts took place, involving 81,601 observers. The v...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Cheyenne Bottoms, Quivira complete Christmas Bird Counts A pine siskin is pictured on a tree in central Kansas. Pam Martin with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks noted the species isn’t common in this area but she’s seen as many as 100 at her home feeders periodically since October. A total of 125 pine siskins were sighted during the Christmas Bird Count at Cheyenne Bottoms...

Jeff and Allison Wells Wed, 12/23/2020 - 8:15am For the authors, a highlight of the 121st annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count was close observations of pine grosbeaks, an unusual winter visitor from Canadian Boreal Forest. Courtesy of Jeff Wells The day started with the temperature in the single digits. It was the day of the 121 st annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The CBCs take place in the period spanning from mid-December through early January. The count was started as a sort of protest to a practice known as the Christmas hunt, when hunters would go out around the holid...

The Audubon Society’s annual bird count wasn't going to be missed this year. Early Saturday morning, a group of nearly 10 people met at SCICON to count the birds as part of a collective international effort to track the bird populations globally. For three weeks, in December and early January, bird watchers around the globe go out into nature to count and log different species of birds. Nancy Bruce, Lead Teacher for SCICON, explained the SCICON count, as well as the Circle J Ranch count that happened later Saturday afternoon, were part of a larger effort of the Springville Christmas Bird...

At the Pond: Yolo Audubon has 50th annual Christmas Bird Count 3 minute read This male mallard coming in for a landing was among the 36 species spotted on a recent Friends of North Davis Ponds bird stroll. Ed Hubbard/Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism This slideshow requires JavaScript. It’s the 50th anniversary of Yolo Audubon’s participation in the Christmas Bird Count, a one-day winter census of birds counted in a 15-mile diameter circle on Dec. 20. The first count was in 1900, but before that, people went out and shot birds on Christmas. We’ve advanced. Now we count. It’s an...