Recently, a small group of birdwatchers spent three weeks around Mount Vernon. They were busy counting wild birds on Mount Vernon's wetlands, south of Washington, D.C. They began in the middle of December and worked until the beginning of January, 2015. 

The birdwatchers were among 70,000 volunteers who collected information for the National Audubon Society, a U.S. conservation group. They counted birds in more than 2,400 areas in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean Sea and other parts of the Americas. 

The Audubon Society's first "Christmas Bird Count" took place 115 years ago in 1900. At that time, a man named Frank Chapman suggested a new Christmas tradition that people count birds instead of shooting them around the holiday. 

Harry Glasgow has taken part in the Christmas Bird Count for the past 10 years. This year, he was one of the volunteer birdwatchers at Mount Vernon. 

"I think it's a tremendous use of a lot of unofficial talent around the nation to keep track of birds. Birds are one of the surest indicators of the health of ecology." 

Last year, the bird count recorded over 66 million birds of 2,403 different species. 

Gary Langham is chief scientist with the National Audubon Society. 

"The Audubon climate report says that half the birds in North America -- 314 out of 588 species -- are seriously threatened by climate change. The impacts sort of cut across all birds, all sizes, all kinds, all places." 

Information from the bird counts has shown that birds are staying farther north during the winter months because of warmer weather. Birdwatcher Jaime Reidy has noted the difference close to Washington, in the state of Virginia. 

"You get to see them at odd times of the year, a little earlier, staying a little later." 

Gary Langham says other conditions are affecting bird populations. 

"You can imagine the birds that live along the beach or along the rocky shore line as sea levels are rising around the world. That is impacting them, you know." 

David Yarnold is president of the Audubon Society. In his words, "Christmas Bird Count data is becoming important not only in documenting current climate change, but in predicting the future effects of climate change on North American bird populations. If we know what to expect, we can start taking actions now to do something about it." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who were people volunteering for?
2. What were they doing?
3. In how many parts of the U.S.?
4. Any other countries?
5. Does this counting event have a name?
6. What?
7. Who's idea was it?
8. What year did it start?
9. What is the information used for?
10. Can it help with understanding climate change?
11. Who says it can help?
12. Who is he?
13. Where does he work?
14. How long has Harry Glasgow helped out?
15. Where did he go this year?
16. What month did they start?
17. When did they stop?
18. Was he part of a group?
19. How many birds were counted the previous year?
20. What portion of North American birds have a problem with climate change?
Answer: 1. National Audubon Society,
2. Counted birds.
3. More than 2,400.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. "Christmas Bird Count"
7. Frank Chapman.
8. 1900.
9. Keep track of birds.
10. Yes.
11. Gary Langham.
12. Chief scientist.
13. National Audubon Society.
14. 10 years.
15. Mount Vernon.
16. December
17. Beginning of January.
18. Yes.
19. Over 66 million.
20. Half.

Problem: (CNN) -- A Canadian hang-gliding instructor who police say swallowed a memory card possibly containing video of a fatal accident was granted bail Friday, a court spokesman said. 

William Jonathan Orders, 50, who was arrested and charged with obstructing justice, appeared in provincial court in Chilliwack, British Columbia. His bail was set at $5,750 (Canadian), said Neil MacKenzie, communications counsel with the province's criminal justice branch. 

Orders was instructed to turn over his passport and to not operate a hang glider or paraglider, he said. 

Lenami Godinez-Avila had just started a tandem hang-gliding flight with the instructor, when she fell from the glider, plunging hundreds of feet to her death Saturday in a heavily wooded part of western Canada, authorities say. 

Investigators say the instructor tried to hide what might be a key piece of evidence about what went wrong -- a possible onboard video recording of the flight -- in his digestive tract. 

The recording has since passed and is now in police custody, MacKenzie said. He declined comment on whether anything retrievable could be taken from the card. 

Calls on Thursday and Friday seeking comment from Orders' attorney, Laird Cruickshank, were not immediately returned. 

The fall happened near Mount Woodside, from which Orders and the 27-year-old Godinez-Avila took off, more than 50 miles east of Vancouver. 

A witness, Nicole McLearn, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that when the glider was in the air, Godinez-Avila appeared to be wearing her harness, but it wasn't attached to the glider. The passenger clung to Orders before she fell, McLearn said. 
1. What did the man swallow?
2. His name?
3. Was he arrested?
4. What was the charge?
5. Was someone killed?
6. Name?
7. How did she die?
8. doing what?
9. Where did it happen?
10. How old was the person arrested?
11. What was his occupation?
12. What do investigators say about him?
Answer: 1. a memory card
2. William Jonathan Orders
3. yes
4. obstructing justice
5. yes
6. Lenami Godinez-Avila
7. she fell
8. tandem hang-gliding
9. Canada
10. 50
11. hang-gliding instructor
12. he tried to hide evidence

question: The tooth fairy's trash became another man's treasure Saturday when a discolored molar that once belonged to John Lennon was put up for auction. 

The winning bid came in at 19,500 pounds (U.S. $31,200), according to auction results posted online. 

Michael Zuk, a Canadian dentist, is claiming responsibility for the winning bid. Omega Auction House, which sold the tooth, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday. 

Lennon gave the tooth to Dorothy "Dot" Jarlett when she worked as his housekeeper at his Kenwood home in Weybridge, Surrey, according to her son, Barry. Jarlett, who was employed between 1964 and 1968, developed a warm relationship with Lennon, her son said. 

"She was very close with John, and one day whilst chatting in the kitchen, John gave my mother the tooth (he had been to the dentist to have it removed that day) and suggested giving it to my sister as a souvenir, as she was a huge Beatles fan," he said. "It has been in the family ever since." 

With the exception of the past two years, the tooth has been in Canada for 40 years after Dot Jarlett's daughter married a Canadian. 

Barry Jarlett, who said his mother is now 90 years old, said it was the right time to pass it on rather than to risk the tooth getting lost. 

Karen Fairweather, the owner of Omega Auction House, told CNN last month that the tooth is too fragile for DNA testing but she has no doubt about its authenticity. 
1. What was for sale?
2. How much was it sold for?
3. Who got it?
4. What years did the maid work for him?
5. How old is she?
6. Why give it away now?
7. Where was it the last 4 decades?
8. Whose mouth did it come from?
9. Who did he give it to?
10. Why?
11. Can they check if it is real?
****
answer:
1. a discolored molar that once belonged to John Lennon
2. 19,500 pounds (U.S. $31,200)
3. Michael Zuk
4. between 1964 and 1968
5. 90 years old
6. tooth getting lost possiblity
7. Canada
8. John
9. Dorothy "Dot"
10. Dot's daughter
11. no