Regan Mertz
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40 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 10 Sep
Regan Mertz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For NPR News, I'm Regan Mertz in Aspen, Colorado.
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.
The damage caused by this operation has been staggering.
It's kind of hard for people to census ptarmigans because they live so remotely and in such rugged habitat.
Their plumage is pure white.
Last week's U.S.
Grand Prix was the final Olympic qualifying event in America before the Winter Olympic Games next month.
Oregon halfpipe skier Hunter Hess came in second in the men's free ski halfpipe finals, which is what secured his place on the U.S.
team.
Colorado's own Jake Cantor placed first in the men's snowboard slope-style competition, which also punched his ticket to the Olympic team.
Another one of Colorado's own, Svea Irving, was also announced on Saturday to be on the women's halfpipe free ski team.
This will be all three athletes' first time competing in the Olympics.
The full list of qualifying athletes has not yet been finalized.
For NPR News, I'm Regan Mertz in Aspen, Colorado.
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