Birds

The project is aimed at protecting Bobolinks and other birds that use hayfields to nest and raise their young in the early summertime.

"You don't get up at 7 o'clock in the morning and spend the whole day stomping around outside, freezing to death or getting soaking wet, unless it's something you're really committed to," said Sally Laughlin, who has organized the Christmas Bird Count in Woodstock for 50 years.

“When we’re losing our insect populations, we’re losing our bird populations,” one expert says.