Birding Into the New Year
23:41 minutes
For 115 years, citizen scientists across the country have surveyed the skies for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Geoff LeBaron, Director of the Christmas Bird Count, and naturalist and author Kenn Kaufman guide us through the species that have made an appearance so far this winter and how you can participate in the count.
Segment Guests
Geoff LeBaron
Geoff LeBaron is Christmas Bird Count Director at the National Audubon Society in Williamsburg, Massachusetts.
Kenn Kaufman
Kenn Kaufman is a naturalist and author of Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America and Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding in Oak Harbor, Ohio.
John Yerger
John Yerger is a Christmas Bird Count participant and assistant director at Borderland Tours in Portal, Arizona.
Related Links
- Christmas Bird Count
- Summary of last year’s Bird Count
- The Butcher Bird — Life, Death and Fast Food on the Plains
- Snowy owls staging a repeat performance of the 2013 winter invasion in NE Ohio: Aerial View
- Project SNOWstorm – tracking snowy owls
- Bald eagle population rebounds locally, nationwide
- How the drought is affecting birds
Meet the Producer
About Alexa Lim
@AlexaLim22Alexa Lim was a senior producer for Science Friday. Her favorite stories involve space, sound, and strange animal discoveries.