OCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — On a quiet unpaved road the Saturday before Christmas, John Lowry scanned the skies, ready to jot tallies on a clipboard for his contribution to one of the longest-running ...

One of the longest-running citizen science projects in the world has kicked off its 125 th annual event. The Christmas Bird Count (CBC), administered by the U.S.-based nonprofit National Audubon ...

One of my favorite things to do during the Christmas Bird Count is to look for robins. That’s right, the humble American robin, a bird of neighborhoods and our most urban of environments and one often ...

For 120 years, outdoor enthusiasts have put down their weapons and picked up binoculars instead for a long-lived holiday tradition that’s all about the birds. The National Audubon Society’s annual ...