Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania Christmas Bird Count

Press release from the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania:

December 22,2020

On Saturday, December 19 at 7 a.m., a group of hearty birdwatchers gathered at the Morris Arboretum for the annual Christmas Bird Count. This is the longest-running citizen science survey in the world. It is a census of birds in the Western Hemisphere done by volunteer birdwatchers and administered by the National Audubon Society. It provides population data for use in science, especially conservation biology, though many people participate for recreation. We counted about 30 bird species at the Arboretum, the temperature when we started was about 20 degrees!

Photo credit: Tony Geiger

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