For bird watchers across the country, the holidays mean the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. The 115th count wrapped up yesterday. Volunteers at a couple dozen locations around South Dakota were among those counting birds over the past couple weeks.
David Swanson is a professor of biology at the University of South Dakota where he teaches ornithology. He’s also a contributing author of Birds of South Dakota and secretary of the South Dakota Ornithologists Union. He joined Dakota Midday and discussed the state's winter birds.