Every winter, the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count turns birding into a regional event, with the entirety of ...

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 ...

One hundred years after Libby's first participation in Audubon's Christmas Bird Count the 2025 count became notable for more ...

An annual winter bird count has taken place for more than 100 years. Some Oklahomans have created a family tradition out of the event.

The first Christmas Bird Count happened in 1900, proposed as an alternative to the “side hunts” by Frank Chapman, an early officer of what would become the Audubon Society in 1905. The thought was ...

This year’s count recorded 2,163 individual birds across 31 species — the highest species total ever documented locally since ...

Long before technology became the primary means of measuring bird populations, a handful of conservation-minded folks set out to record and monitor species with their eyes and ears. On Christmas Day ...

Elkhart County will host its 30th annual Christmas Bird Count on January 3, 2026. The event is part of a 126-year national effort by the Audubon Society to monitor bird populations. Volunteers can ...

Birds are a big part of holiday traditions in Missouri. One of the longest-running traditions, entering its 126th year this week, is the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, from December ...

With binoculars trained on the treetops and riverbanks, Loveland birder Dirk Draper paused Thursday to scan for movement along the Big Thompson River corridor — part of a daylong effort to document ...

Have you started noticing birds? Are you secretly jealous of a friend’s bird camera? Do bird calls cause you to shush your friends and family? As millennials enter midlife, many face one of the most ...