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Santa Fe New Mexican.com - Come snow or shine, birders will be out with their binoculars around Santa Fe on Saturday participating in the annual Christmas bird count. "We're going out to do it regardless of the weather," said Deanna Einspahr, who is coordinating the Santa Fe count and tabulating the results. The Christmas bird count, sponsored by Audubon, started Wednesday and continues through Jan. 5. This year marks more than a half century for the bird count in Santa Fe with the Randall Davey Audubon Center, and the 112th Christmas count across the Americas. The annual count by thousands of volunteers gives scientists a massive data base through which they can track patterns of avian migration and habitat. The Santa Fe Christmas bird count covers a 7-mile radius in all directions from the Plaza. Volunteers don't have to be experts to participate in the count, but they need to be fairly serious birders.
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Birders ready to brave weather for count
From the Santa Fe New Mexican.com - Come snow or shine, birders will be out with their binoculars around Santa Fe on Saturday participating in the annual Christmas bird count. "We're going out to do it regardless of the weather," said Deanna Einspahr, who is coordinating the Santa Fe count and tabulating the results. The Christmas bird count, sponsored by Audubon, started Wednesday and continues through Jan. 5. This year marks more than a half century for the bird count in Santa Fe with the Randall Davey Audubon Center, and the 112th Christmas count across the Americas. The annual count by thousands of volunteers gives scientists a massive data base through which they can track patterns of avian migration and habitat. The Santa Fe Christmas bird count covers a 7-mile radius in all directions from the Plaza. Volunteers don't have to be experts to participate in the count, but they need to be fairly serious birders. Read more
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