Friday, December 17, 2021

History of the Christmas Bird Counts

 Tomorrow is the Christmas Bird Count for Kings County.

All counts are done nationwide between December 14th to January 5th. Its a beloved tradition that started off in early 20th century to protest the Christmas side hunts , the hunting of songbird and gamebirds as a sport... Thanks to a guy named Frank Chapman, that's all changed.. read on and click on the links..


And wish us luck tomorrow


https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count