Missouri Department of Conservation
11/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/25/2024 10:32
MDC needs birders to help with Audubon Christmas Bird Count
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MDC needs experienced birders to help with the National Audubon Society's 125th Christmas Bird Count between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5. Go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds, such as these eastern bluebirds.
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MDC needs experienced birders to help with the National Audubon Society's 125th Christmas Bird Count between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5. Go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds, such as these eastern bluebirds.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages experienced Missouri birders to become citizen scientists by helping with the National Audubon Society's 125th Christmas Bird Count (CBC) between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5, 2025.
The CBC is an annual bird census where thousands of volunteers across the U.S., Canada, and other countries go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5. The data on winter bird populations helps track the long-term status of species and large-scale trends. Each CBC has a coordinator who assigns portions of a 15-mile diameter count circle to participants to count all birds seen and heard over a 24-hour period.
Missouri hosts about 20 CBCs. Learn more at audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-countand contact the CBC organizers listed for details on the specific count circles.