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ASHLEY>> TODAY IS DAY TWO OF THE
2014 GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
AND ONE HARRISVILLE MAN IS
CONTRIBUTING TO THE GLOBAL
EVENT...
GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
HARRISVILLE STATE PARK>> FRANK
APSEY BEGAN BIRD WATCHING OVER
30 YEARS AGO, AND THIS IS HIS
SIXTH YEAR GOING TO HARRISVILLE
STATE PARK TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS 4 DAY BIRD COUNT.
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE NATION
TAKE AT LEAST 15 MINUTES TO
TALLY THE NUMBERS AND KINDS OF
BIRDS THEY SEE FROM THE 14TH
THROUGH THE 17TH AT ANY
LOCATION.
PARTICIPANTS THEN ENTER THEIR
RESULTS ONLINE TO HELP CREATE A
SNAPSHOT OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND
ABUNDANCE OF BIRDS THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.
FRANK APSEY AVID BIRDWATCHER>>
WITH THE SUN SHINING BRIGHT
TODAY, APSEY SAW 10 DIFFERENT
SPECIES AND A TOTAL OF 27
BIRDS.
HE SAYS THE BEST BIRD HE SPOTTED
TODAY WAS THE COMMON RAVEN,
WHICH USUALLY STAYS FURTHER
NORTH.
SCIENTISTS USE THE INFORMATION
FROM PARTICIPANTS LIKE APSEY TO
SEE TRENDS THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT
BIRD SPECIES.
GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
BIRDCOUNT.ORG>> IF YOU WISH TO
JOIN THE COUNT OR SEE THE