Birders flock to Homestead ARB for annual bird count

Bonnie Ponwith surveys the landscape with her binoculars during the 2012 Christmas Bird Count at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Dec. 9. As a National Audubon society program, the Christmas Bird Count is an annual event, more than a century old, that takes place across the country, where tens of thousands of volunteers, students, scientists, and bird enthusiasts turn their heads to the sky in the name of conservation. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations and to help guide conservation action. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Jimenez)

Birders flock to Homestead ARB for annual bird count

Bonnie Ponwith attempts to photograph a bird during the 2012 Christmas Bird Count at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Dec. 9. As a National Audubon society program, the Christmas Bird Count is an annual event, more than a century old, that takes place across the country, where tens of thousands of volunteers, students, scientists, and bird enthusiasts turn their heads to the sky in the name of conservation. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations and to help guide conservation action. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Jimenez)

Birders flock to Homestead ARB for annual bird count

Birders participating in the 2012 Christmas Bird Count at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Dec. 9. As a National Audubon society program, the Christmas Bird Count is an annual event, more than a century old, that takes place across the country, where tens of thousands of volunteers, students, scientists, and bird enthusiasts turn their heads to the sky in the name of conservation. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations and to help guide conservation action. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Jimenez)

Birders flock to Homestead ARB for annual bird count

Birders participating in the 2012 Christmas Bird Count at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Dec. 9. As a National Audubon society program, the Christmas Bird Count is an annual event, more than a century old, that takes place across the country, where tens of thousands of volunteers, students, scientists, and bird enthusiasts turn their heads to the sky in the name of conservation. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations and to help guide conservation action. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jacob Jimenez)

Homestead Airmen volunteer, team up with Chapman Partnership for Christmas meal

Senior Master Sgt. Wanda Symons, 482nd Force Support Squadron military personnel programs chief, helps read the lyrics of Christmas carols during a Christmas meal at the Chapman Partnership in Homestead, Fla., Dec. 25. Several members of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., organized by the base's Unit Advisory Council, volunteered to help the Chapman Partnership, a local organization which provides comprehensive services to the homeless, during their Christmas meal. Homestead ARB has also participated with Chapman Partnership on other events such as food drives and holiday events. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove)

Homestead Airmen volunteer, team up with Chapman Partnership for Christmas meal

Staff Sgt. Patricia Innocent, 482nd Force Support Squadron, hands out beverages during a Christmas meal at the Chapman Partnership in Homestead, Fla., Dec. 25. Several members of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., organized by the base's Unit Advisory Council, volunteered to help the Chapman Partnership, a local organization which provides comprehensive services to the homeless, during their Christmas meal. Homestead ARB has also participated with Chapman Partnership on other events such as food drives and holiday events. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove)