Annual census of wild birds a go for New Year's Eve
EVERETT — Scott Atkinson wants you to bid farewell to 2022 the birder way.
The Pilchuck Audubon Society member has organized the 123rd Everett-Marysville Christmas Bird Count for New Years Eve. He’s recruiting backyard birders to help document flying fauna on private properties throughout the day on Dec. 31.
“It’s just a blast,” Atkinson said. “You haven’t really lived until you’ve done the Christmas Bird Count.”
The count is “basically a census of all the wild birds” in a circle measuring 15 miles in diameter. It covers Marysville, northern Everett, Tulalip Reservation, Smokey Point, Hat Island, the southern tip of Camano Island and portions of Arlington and Lake Stevens.
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