Manjishtha Bhattacharyya
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Manjishtha Bhattacharyya is an editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She holds a PhD in zoology from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, and has more than seven years of experience in science communication and research publishing. A certified member of the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS), Manjishtha is a firm believer in the transformative power of the written word as a vehicle for advancing scientific knowledge.
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The Christmas Bird Count is an annual large-scale bird census organized by the National Audubon Society—a U.S.-based conservation organization—that takes place in early winter across the Western Hemisphere. It enlists volunteer bird-watchers to count birds within a 24-km- (15-mile-) diameter circle…
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