Between Fall '98 and Fall '99, they recruited over 450 instructors. It's not a small task. For AU, it was 95 per cent. Get out your binoculars and clipboards it's time for the Annual Athabasca Christmas Bird Count. To learn more about local birds and contribute to understanding their habits, please participate in the 1999 Athabasca Bird Count on Monday, Dec. 27.
Novices are welcome.
Everyone is to meet at Muskeg Creek Chalet, near Landing Trail Intermediate School. Illustrated talk on what birds you are likely to see. Feeder watchers can begin counting at home anytime. Potluck supper and compilation of count totals at Geoff and Merilyn Peruniak 's place, east of Athabasca. Bird count results from Athabasca are sent to the Federation of Alberta Naturalists and the Audubon Society for compilation on a provincial and North American basis.