Counting on Birds: Tales of Migration

Meet bird lovers who participate in the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, from the forests of New Hampshire and Maine, to the mountains of Ecuador and tropics of Cuba. It’s the world's longest-running wildlife census.

Why are people so devoted to birds? Meet American and Nicaraguan schoolchildren, a birdsong expert, an artist, a bird sanctuary guide and a prison inmate who are all passionate about birds.

Meet people dedicated to saving migratory songbirds, from scientists tracking their populations, to Vermont schoolchildren helping to re-forest mountains in Costa Rica, to coffee farmers engaged in bird-friendly practices.

Every year broad-winged hawks embark on a spectacular 4,500-mile journey from New Hampshire to South America. Trace the migration of these magnificent raptors, and meet the people and communities who follow them.

From the vast plains of Montana, the deserts of Mexico, and the meadows of New England, grassland birds are losing their habitats at an alarming rate. Find out how these birds and their habitats are being saved.