The Christmas Bird Count is the nation's longest running community science bird project. It provides ample data which is useful for both the scientific community and everyone at large.
For more information on the tentative Christmas Bird Count at Icelandic State Park, contact Seth Owens at sowens@pheasantsforever.org or Keith Corliss at kcor708@gmail.com.
The NLC hoped to receive a $6.5 million bonding bill request from the state, but Minnesota lawmakers failed to pass the projects bill in May of this year.
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.
Administered by the National Audubon Society, the Christmas Bird Count is the longest-running citizen science bird project in the U.S., and this year marks its 123rd year.
Joseph St. Onge sent in these photos of a great blue heron he spotted along the Mississippi River on Tuesday, Sept. 6, near the north outlet of Lake Bemidji.
I have been lucky to take advantage of this migration and have spent many hours bellied out on the shoreline targeting the numerous species of shorebirds that have taken a recess and a lunch break on the many potholes and sloughs of North Dakota.
April really is a beautiful time of year. With the large flocks of ducks and geese working across the landscape, I鈥檝e had ample opportunity for photos. Waterfowl are my favorite, after all, so you could say I 鈥榙abble鈥� with ducks.
