Okay everyone, let’s sing along (you know the tune): 12 turkeys scratching; 11 crows a cawing; 10 owls hooting; nine nuthatches; eight common eiders; seven ravens croaking, six cedar waxwings; FIVE CHIC-A-DEES, four cardinals, three red polls, two mourning doves; and a partridge (well, actually, a ruffed grouse) in a pine tree.
If you are looking to get outdoors before the snow really flies and make your next outdoor adventure a small part of something very big and very important, you really should check out the 113th Annual National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) with counts scheduled from Dec. 14 until Jan. 5.
With over 50,000 participants each year in over 2,000 locations, it’s the largest and longest on-going biological survey in history, Citizen Science at its best. And, yes, you can be an important part of it and have great fun outdoors at the same time.![]()
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