According to a latest report, a Christmas sport which involved killing of birds has evolved into a Chrisman tradition over a period of time. Sources reveal that this tradition causes deaths of thousands of birds during this time of the year.

It has recently been claimed by the concerned authorities that many birders have been appointed in order to note down the number of bird sightings during the Christmas time. This has been done by the authorities in order to strengthen conservation efforts.

This count is also known as the Christmas Bird Count and the counting by the volunteers will take place between the 4th of December and the 5th of January. This counting will be done by the birders in the areas including outings in Missouri and Kansas.

Sources have revealed that in the year 1990, Congress had passed the Lacey Act, which stated that the shipment from one state to another of the killed birds has been banned.

After that December, the nation's most celebrated ornithologists and editor of the newly started Bird-Lore Magazine suggested the counting of birds on Christmas, instead of killing the naive animal.

Joplin birder Larry Herbert, who has studied birds since he was a little boy growing up in Kansas City, said that the fist Joplin count was made in the year 1915.