The Audubon Christmas Bird Count helps conservationists and scientists understand how many birds are in any given region. Volunteers maintain counts in 15-mile-wide circles, while compilers manage all ...

It’s trickier when I’m out counting birds for a specific purpose. These counts happen during the Breeding Bird Survey, the Christmas Bird Count, Climate Watch, the Great Backyard Bird Count, Project ...

OCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — On a quiet unpaved road the Saturday before Christmas, John Lowry scanned the skies, ready to jot tallies on a clipboard for his contribution to one of the longest-running ...

There are many annual events in the world of birding. These include birding festivals around the U.S., and around the world, annual conferences of birding and ornithological societies, and events like ...

Hushed, they waited, all ears and eyes, binoculars clutched to their chests. The trees rose around them, columns bearing the weight of the snow and sky. Gusts of wind shivered powder down onto their ...

It was a breezy morning and the ground uncharacteristically snow-free. The temperature was almost balmy, at least by mid-December standards. The strong breeze didn’t matter to the volunteers who ...

Erie Bird Observatory is seeking people to sit in a circle and count birds this weekend. EBO will lead its first Presque Isle Big Sit to coincide with World Migratory Bird Day, the Oct. 11 celebration ...

Every winter, the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count turns birding into a regional event, with the entirety of the Western Hemisphere competing. Thousands of people and interested birders ...