Novices, experts welcome at South Butler Christmas Bird Count
Those who are mildly interested in birds, experts in all things avian and everyone in between are invited to participate in the 2022 South Butler Christmas Bird Count, if they live within 15 miles of Callery.
Chris Kubiak, director of education at the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, said novices will be teamed up with experts at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1 at Succop Nature Park, 185 Airport Road in Penn Township.
Teams will traverse the nature park to record the number of each species of birds they view.
Others within a 15-mile radius of Callery can count birds and record the species they see on their properties or that visit their feeders.
Kubiak said while the Audubon Society bird count has been in existence since 1900, the South Butler Christmas Bird Count began in 2012.
He said an average of 75 people participate each year, whether at the nature park or at their homes.
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