Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society to hold Christmas bird count Dec. 17

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By Pioneer Staff Report

December 11, 2022 at 12:14 PM

BEMIDJI 鈥� The 123rd annual Christmas bird count is set for Saturday, Dec. 17, with friends and neighbors joining a century of community science to count birds and collect data.

Interested participants can meet up between 7:30 and 8 a.m. on Dec. 17, at Minnesota Nice Cafe, 315 Irvine Ave. NW.

The data collected by counting numbers and species of birds is added to the longest-running worldwide bird datasets, a release said.

For more information, contact Jaime Thibodeaux at (218) 308-6853 or jaimethib@hotmail.com.

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