Will you be counting birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count starting tomorrow? Join us from anywhere in the world—and it doesn't matter if you are a beginning birder or advanced, every observation counts! Find out more: http://bit.ly/NDn0U7 | Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Learn about the origins and purpose of the Audubon Christmas Bird Count from Chan Robbins, one of the event’s most dedicated volunteers. Chan has participated in 412 counts, the first of which was in 1934! | National Audubon Society

One bird nest, two bird nests … 498,448 bird nests. The annual nest count just finished at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, aka the world’s largest albatross colony! Every December for over 30 years, a dozen incredible volunteers arrive at the atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to count every Laysan and black-footed albatross nest, or mōlī, and ka’upu, respectively. It takes weeks of systematic walking, hand counting, and in some cases, methodically repeating a specific section to do