<div dir="ltr">The 122nd Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count starts Wednesday. While many counts have restricted participation because of Covid, others welcome new participants. This is a great way to find new birds and discover new locations. Even if you can not get out to bird, if you live within one of the over 80 count circles, and have feeders, you can count the birds visiting your feeders.<div><br></div><div>Counts that may have limited space for new participants:</div><div>St.Paul (NE), Bloomington, Hastings, Afton, Henderson</div><div><br></div><div>Counts that any extra participation will have a significant impact:</div><div>Fairmount, Jackson County, Murray County, Little Falls, Greenwald, Hibbing, Lambert, Mille Lacs South, Pipestone, Rice Lake NWR, Virginia</div><div><br></div><div><div>Counts that do not need new participants:</div><div>Minneapolis North, Sherburne, Cedar Creek Bog, Sax/Zim</div></div><div><br></div><div>For information on locations, dates, and contacts go to: <a href="http://moumn.org/CBC">http://moumn.org/CBC</a>. Due to Covid, you will be expected to bird your area with little to no contact with other participants. But, even untrained birders with a camera are better than no one covering the area. The CBC is an annual bird census in a defined area on a particular day around Christmas.</div><div><br></div><div>Count organizers, if you would like me to post an invite about your count, let me know.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Steve Weston</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN</span><br></div>
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