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Massachusetts Birders Participate In A 24-Hour Bird-A-Thon

Connecticut Public Radio | By Annie Ropeik
Published June 6, 2019 at 4:10 PM EDT
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A juvenile peregrine falcon.

New England has lots of different kinds of special habitats, that are home to so many different species – if you just know where to look. Enter, the Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon. Each year, the best birders in Massachusetts participate, and it’s not as peaceful as it sounds… In fact, there's intense competition to see who can spot the most different kinds of birds around the state.  

Billy Baker is with us now to tell us all about the competition, he's a reporter on the Boston Globe's narrative team and the author of the recent article, "Bird nerds’ assemble at Mass Audubon’s Bird-a-thon."
Annie Ropeik
Annie Ropeik reports on state economy and business issues for all Indiana Public Broadcasting stations, from a home base of WBAA. She has lived and worked on either side of the country, but never in the middle of it. At NPR affiliate KUCB in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, she covered fish, oil and shipping and earned an Alaska Press Club Award for business reporting. She then moved 4,100 miles to report on chickens, chemicals and more for Delaware Public Media. She is originally from the D.C. suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, but her mom is a Hoosier. Annie graduated from Boston University with a degree in classics and philosophy. She performs a mean car concert, boasts a worryingly encyclopedic knowledge of One Direction lyrics and enjoys the rule of threes. She is also a Hufflepuff.
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