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The Christmas bird count is coming and  the ducks are about. The Nicola Naturalist Society does a bird count every year, with teams of counters out and tallying information that is used globally. The count is on Sunday, December 15th and it covers the Nicola Valley and Douglas lake as well bordering on the Mini Lake Bird sanctuary http://www.nicolanaturalists.ca/2013/10/18/merritt-christmas-bird-count-sunday-15th-december-2013/

Today in History: December 4th 1991

Journalist Terry A Anderson is released from Beirut after 7 years a hostage, becoming the longest held hostage in Lebanon.