Doing Stuff Outdoors-77

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Doing Stuff Outdoors of 2009. On today's show we take you along as Gary joins a pair of avid birders for the annual Christmas Bird Count. This started over a hundred years ago when a small group of conservationists decided to count the birds instead of shooting them during the regular holiday hunt. Today thousands of volunteer birders armed with binoculars and checklists go out on a certain day during the Christmas period to record all the birds they see. Gary goes outdoors with Richard Blacquiere and Harvey McLeod as they count the birds.

We also have a nice comment from Podcast Bob and podsafe music from Kensington Prairie. Next time on DSO, a feature interview with author Maria Coffey about her latest book 'Explorers of the Infinite'.

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