In the inaugural episode of Bring Birds Back, host Tenijah Hamilton gets to know biostatistician Dr. Adam C. Smith, coauthor of the study that found we’ve lost 3 billion birds in North America in the last fifty years, and helps us wrap our heads around that gigantic number. The good news? There are lots of ways to help.

Bring Birds Back is sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Resources:

• Get involved in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count
• Find your local Audubon Society
• Get connected with eBird
• Download the Merlin birding app
• Learn more about the Breeding Bird Survey
• Check out Birds Canada

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