Join Sunday's Bird Count, Longest Running 'Crowdsourcing' Science Event

In 1900, scientists were just beginning to study the impacts humans were having on the environment.

An that year, alarmed by the dramatic drop in the number of now-extinct passenger pigeons, the American Audubon Society launched its first check on bird populations, calling on bird spotters across the country to step outside and check on what they see.

This "crowdsourced" study has been continued ever since, providing valuable information about shifts in bird populations—and on Sunday, you can join in the 113th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count at Duke Farms.

There will be two sessions for counters—from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Adults and children 13 and over are invited to join a New Jersey Audubon naturalist in counting the bird populations on the main part of Duke Farms. 

Want to join? Just grab some binoculars (and a field guide, if you have one) and meet at the Farm Barn Orientation Center ahead of either session's start time, there's no registration needed.  Please bring binoculars and field guides if you have them.

And be sure to dress appropriately for the weather expected.