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The Great Backyard Bird Count
February 18, 2022-February 21, 2022
Join in the Fun!
The Great Backyard Bird Count on Presidents’ Day Weekend Feb. 18-21
Looking for a way to enjoy the great outdoors this February? Join millions of bird watchers across North America and the world in a free, fun event that involves all ages. Count birds in your backyard or anywhere to help make your love of nature create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participate in the 25th annual Great Backyard Bird Count during Presidents’ Day weekend, Friday through Monday, February 18-21, 2022.
This free citizen science event is led by Audubon and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Anyone – expert or novice — can count birds from wherever they are and enter their tallies online and see the results or their observations and those of thousands of others within minutes.
Here’s the website that will help you get started: https://www.birdcount.org/ There is a FAQ section as well as registration for a free webinar on Wednesday, Feb 16th.
Young and old, experienced or not, you are invited to take part wherever you are—at home, in schoolyards, at local parks or wildlife refuges. Keep a count for as little as 15 minutes or as long as you wish. On the birdcount.org website, you can compare results from your town or region with others, as checklists pour in from throughout the U.S. and all over the world. In 2021, over 300,000 participants worldwide sent in checklists tallying over 6,000 species.
These reports contribute valuable information for science and conservation. Bird populations are dynamic; they are constantly in flux, as they are affected by short-term weather and long-term climate change. And while they are gathering data, participants – families, teachers, children — enjoy nature and have fun!
Photo credit: Male Downy Woodpecker, North Carolina. Ken Thomas. Wikimedia.
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