The National Audubon Society is sponsoring a program called Climate Watch. This project is designed to track the presence of several target species over time and to assess the effects of climate change on their numbers. Several of the species, e.g. the Red-breasted Nuthatch and Western Bluebird, are found in our area. Participation is easy: once or twice a year (your choice) you spend 5 minutes watching or listening for your target species in 12 different spots within your claimed map area. You choose the date, between January 15th and February 15th and/or May 15th and June 15th. There are many unclaimed map squares in our tri-county region! For more information, go to https://www.audubon.org/climate-watch-faqs.