Articles related to "Bird Count"

For the past 109 years, the Audubon Society has rallied volunteers to count birds during the Holiday season. Newbies to experts gather to find birds and send in tallies.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an important, as well as fun winter event for the whole family.

Estero del Yugo, a 27 acre protected estuary in the northern Cerritos Beach area of Mazatlan, offers great birding at Christmas or any other time of the year.

The Christmas Bird Count takes place in late December or early January in locations in North, Central, and South America. Data aids research and conservation efforts.

The annual Christmas Bird Count brings new and experienced birders together to count local birds, providing key information on environmental issues and climate change.

Students are encouraged to tally the birds in their area and submit tally sheets and photos for prizes. What a fun way to learn about area birds!

Every year, rain or shine, volunteers gather to count birds, providing data that allows scientists to track the health and habits of scores of individual bird species.

Winter finches and seed eaters sometimes move in large numbers in search of food. Depending on bird numbers and geography, the movement is an irruption or a superflight.

Large birds that eat carrion, vultures have been reviled for centuries. They're connected to death, bad luck, and Hell. Look for them at Halloween.

The 26th Annual Taos Spring Arts Celebration, May 01 - 31, 2009, will provide entertainment for the whole family--art, music, performance--and is perfect for sightseeing.

On peak birding season, Sri Lanka plays caring host to 482 bird species, migrants and vagrants, including 26 endemics. A real island paradise for birds and birders alike.

Combine winter food for birds and fun for family and friends by trimming a garden tree with seed and fruit ornaments for wild birds.

Amateur biologists from current students to adults long out of school can find ways to participate in the science of biology as a volunteer.

This brief article describes the profession of ornithologist and the scientific field of ornithology.

A short description of the National Audubon Society explaining its origins and its current mandate.

The Twelve Days of Christmas once had birds as the gifts on each of the first seven days, and may have started out as a game - but why a partridge in a pear tree?

Caused by a pathogen common in turkeys and chickens, this contagious disease has killed millions of birds in North American. Scientists need help monitoring its spread.

At the Long Point Bird Observatory in Canada, you can adopt a banded bird or give an adoption certificate as a gift.

Birders appreciate Christmas gifts that help the birds. Wings of Wonder, a non-profit charitable organization in Michigan, is all about helping raptors.

A near-level trail 25 miles north of downtown Tucson, Arizona, is a great choice anytime of the year for hiking, birding, other wildlife viewing and photography.

San Miguel de Allende, a beautiful colonial city in central Mexico, is home to many North Americans. An Audubon chapter fills a need for local and visiting birders.

Roast goose didn't start with the Christian holiday of Christmas. Read about what geese symbolized in other religions and cultures as far back as ancient Egypt.

La Selva Biological Station, operated by the Organization for Tropical Studies, hosts scientists from around the world. It also offers ecotourists a remarkable vacation.

Vacationers can help make the world a better place by volunteering for humanitarian, scientific and environmental projects worldwide.

Cute and friendly, this small bundle of raw avian energy and avid insect eater is now a frequent resident north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Here you will find general descriptions of cranes, birds of prey, and other groups of birds, and definitions of unusual or unfamiliar words we use when we discuss birds.

Kids can reconnect with nature by going outdoors, discovering nature and enjoying the changing seasonal weather. Here are some eco-friendly event ideas.

South American birds moved northward only after the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. Why didn't the birds simply fly the short distance across the water?