Audubon Christmas bird count sees record number of birds
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO â It was a brutally cold morning on Saturday, but that didnât keep die-hard birders from participating in the Audubon Societyâs 121st annual Christmas Bird Count. In Brattleboro, 20 field observers, with another 16 birders at their feeders, counted a record 5,877 birds Saturday, representing 56 different species, said Cory Ross, the local coordinator for the citizen-science project. Ross said the temperature tipped to three below when he started Saturday morning on the West River near The Marina Restaurant. Ross ...
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