Last Christmas Bird Count underway ahead of new bird name plan

The annual Christmas Bird Count is underway. The Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count, now in its 124th year, is the nation's longest running community science bird project.

The birds people are counting, however, could soon have different names. As NPR reported earlier this year, the American Ornithological Society vowed "to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary."