With the year-end holidays drawing near, it's time to count bird species at Sequoia National Park in California.
Each year, tens of thousands of volunteers across North America take part in the Christmas Bird Count, a massive citizen-science project. The data collected in this wildlife census is used to assess the health of bird populations and help guide conservation action.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2019/12/counting-birds-sequoia-national-park
This year, the annual Clear Lake Christmas Bird Count, held by the Redbud Audubon Society, will be on Saturday, Dec. 14.
The Christmas Bird Count, or CBC, is a traditional project of Audubon societies around the country.
https://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/news/63631-redbud-audubon-to-participate-in-annual-christmas-bird-count-dec-16?cf_chl_jschl_tk=bf6180e3db43284abd63095601dc8f3ccb5204f4-1576026334-0-AUD-qwsgiwY3hobDphtBvzk4Yd-vpZ5bEzlThjs8-EHiuMGMkarI9bqOpbRltvGz7hdoFKOERxXX8SskJeeHOfiLUdyUwAIT6s1nhaHaaX9pOIEVlZ8m0B_TZcqLNKhKhnCns_Ko1aRTJ6f9-kZqjuAxAJ0LnRr1mS8H23faxryB17UsfX1acYs45UeXeDdu120NaVoNBVkU9TGSViSm_OdW9qWLrhTMUzf4EJru_gIr8ELjkW9tJVyc0c5maL_a-ZilMMER4XevNeLaxpBvOGaIi6ZkAYmVk6SjaKGOqKRJsFDlZQaB6voD4kg6u-qu99PUImm1kS_my4fXnI0d3vqq38HaLBmC18aDQ5bFTfIyrdnoFFSRyG3E_u__-keEdg
It isn’t a snow field, but rather a field of snow geese.
It’s travel time in the Pacific Flyway, and Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties are smack in the middle of the migrating waterfowl highway. Like holiday travelers, the bird migrate from colder to warmer climates, settling in waterways and empty fields to feed.
https://www.orovillemr.com/2019/12/10/move-over-christmas-shopping-its-birding-time/amp/