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Elkhart County Parks host annual Christmas Bird Count By: Lari'onna Green Photo Courtesy of Elkhart County Parks ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. – Elkhart County’s Christmas Bird Count is set to take flight on Saturday, January 2. The Elkhart County Parks will host the 25 th annual Elkhart Christmas Bird Count and volunteers are invited to take part and help track and report birds they see from their yards and feeders during the event. Participants who live within the bounda...

121st Audubon Christmas Bird Count Staff report GREENVILLE — From Dec. 14 through January 5 each year tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas brave snow, wind, or rain, and take part in the effort. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this long-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations, and to help guide conservation action. Prior to the turn of the 20th century, hunters engaged in a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt.” They would choose sides and go afield with their guns — whoever brought in the biggest pile of...