Birders prepare for count mindful of mass die-offs
Monday, February 14, 2011 - 13:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
PROVIDENCE, N.Y. (AP) -- Thousands of citizen-scientists across North America are getting out their tally sheets for the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, a usually festive weekend given a more serious edge after the mass deaths of thousands of birds in the South this winter....