Welcome to a review of Ohio’s participation in the 120th 吃瓜黑料 Christmas Bird Count (CBC). We have historical data for a total of 74 Ohio Christmas Bird Counts. During the 119th NAS CBC season (2018-19), 68 counts reported. In this 2019-20 count period, Ohio observers participated in 69 CBCs. We all know someone with whom we don’t raise this issue, but our winter seasons are trending to the warmer, milder side. In Cincinnati, we had almost no snow to trouble us this winter; though it seems like it’s been an extraordinarily long winter, that is due to the shutdown of most normal life routines beginning in early March. But let’s look back to December for a moment, when we weren’t afraid to shake hands with new birders joining our counts for the first time or old friends we might not see enough of outside of CBC season… December 2019 was largely warm and wet in Ohio. We had a cold snap early in the month, but the second half of December, at the...