Bedford Audubon Hosting Christmas Bird Count

BEDFORD, N.Y. The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is the longest-running citizen science survey in the world, and this season kicks off Dec. 14. The Audubon Christmas Bird Count began in 1900, when Dr. Frank Chapman, founder of Bird Lore, the predecessor of Audubon magazine, suggested an alternative to the holiday "side hunt" where teams competed to see who could shoot the most birds. Now tens of thousands of volunteers across the United States and Canada brave winter weather to add a new layer that has shaped conservation and Congressional decisions for more than a century.

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