MDC asks birders help counting birds

Paige Broyles,
MDC needs experienced birders to help with the National Audubon Society’s 124th Christmas Bird Count between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5. Go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds, such as this northern flicker. (Source: MDC)
MDC needs experienced birders to help with the National Audubon Society’s 124th Christmas Bird Count between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5. Go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds, such as this northern flicker. (Source: MDC)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KBSI) – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) asks birders to become citizen scientists by helping the National Audubon Society’s 124th Christmas Bird Count (CBC) between December 14 and January 5, 2024.

The CBC is an annual bird census where volunteers go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds. The data helps track the long-term status of species and large-scale trends, according to MDC.

Each CBC has a coordinator who assigns portions of a count circle to participants to count all birds seen and heard over a 24-hour period.

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