The longest-running wildlife census in the world is counting birds now
The morning started out a disaster. We were prepared to go rain or shine, but Saturday’s ice storm made conditions not just unpleasant, but dangerous. I frantically coordinated with my colleagues at the D.C. Audubon Society to alert our 24 volunteers that we had to push our start time to the afternoon. Postponing any longer or giving up was out of the question, after all, because we had more than a century’s worth of tradition to uphold.
The first Christmas Bird Count, or CBC, was held in 1900,