Birding Maine, Blog

Birding Maine – Christmas Bird Counts

Posted by Erika Zambello on

In the 1800’s, Americans would celebrate the Christmas holiday by heading to the fields and woods with their guns, killing as many  birds as they possibly could in order to “win” the competition with their friends and neighbors.

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Read the rest at the Bangor Daily News!

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