{"id":216521,"date":"2015-12-14T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=216521"},"modified":"2015-12-14T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T20:00:36","slug":"join-annual-christmas-bird-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/join-annual-christmas-bird-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Annual Christmas Bird Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216566\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-pix1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-pix1-300x235.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mariana fruit dove, also known as mwee\u2019mwe in the Carolinian language or Paluman totut in Northern Marianas Islands, is a small, up to 24\u00a0cm long, green fruit dove native and endemic to Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands in the Pacific. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This holiday season, birdwatchers and nature lovers have an excellent opportunity to learn more about our birds, and help scientists trying to conserve them. On Friday, Dec. 18, experienced and novice birders alike are invited to participate in Saipan\u2019s Annual Christmas Bird Count.<\/p>\n<p>Started in 1900 by the National Audubon Society, the Christmas Bird Count is the world\u2019s longest-running citizen science project. Last year, over 70,000 volunteers counted over 66 million birds of 2,403 species across North America, the Pacific Islands, and Caribbean. The CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife has organized local counts for over 25 years, typically tallying thousands of birds and 50-plus species.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers for the Saipan Count will meet at 6am at American Memorial Park to divide into teams for roadside and walking surveys. Teams will spread out to cover the island, finding and recording as many birds and bird species as possible. Bring binoculars if you have them, but it\u2019s okay if you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Steve Mullin,\u00a0664-6011 or smullin.cnmi.dfw@gmail.com, or visit http:\/\/www.cnmidfw.com\/. <strong>(DFW)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This holiday season, birdwatchers and nature lovers have an excellent opportunity to learn more about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":216566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8666,1566,8667,8668],"class_list":["post-216521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-national-audubon-society","tag-northern-marianas-islands","tag-saipan-count","tag-steve-mullin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}