Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count stronger than ever
By KATHERINE ROTH, Associated Press Ít's been 120 years since New York ornithologist Frank Chapman launched his Christmas Bird Count as a bold new alternative to what had been a longtime Christmas tradition of hunting birds. The annual count continues, stronger and more important than ever. “He realized that we were over-harvesting birds and something had to be done,” says Geoff LeBaron, who has led