Rebecca Weiss
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 15 Feb
Rebecca Weiss’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This year, 1,200 birds were counted across 41 species.
Rebecca Weiss with the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies says there are usually way more.
An unusually dry and warm winter is causing birds to behave differently, making it more difficult for birders to find them.
Snowmass ski area ski patrollers came through, though.
They spotted the ptarmigan, a rare high alpine bird that Rebecca Weiss describes as camouflaged.
The Snowmass ski patrollers are some of the only patrollers in the world that participate in the bird count.
For NPR News, I'm Regan Mertz in Aspen, Colorado.
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