Backyard bird count helps ensure survival of species

From: The Gazette | Date: February 17, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

It's too bad for the Passenger Pigeon that the Internet didn't arrive sooner.

The pigeon species became extinct in the wild by the turn of the last century, but few people even knew.

Today, if a species begins to decline, the Internet might help it survive, through the Great Backyard Bird Count.

The event, Friday through Monday, is sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. People throughout North America are being asked to help scientists document the abundance and distribution of the winter bird populations at the start of the first spring migration.

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