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Bird watchers join forces during annual Great Backyard Bird Count
Birders all across the world gather data on feathered friends from Feb. 17-20
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Birders across the world will spend Feb. 17-20 identifying birds such as the female cardinal as part of the annual Great Backyard Bird Count.
Some people, like Mike Saunders and his wife, Rosalie Jensen, become birders while exploring the great outdoors and wanting the knowledge to identify the feathered friend flitting across their paths. But not Henry Monroe. The then-teenager was trapped indoors when the birding hobby struck.