This weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count! Are you ready to count some birds?
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a citizen science project run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society. This 4-day event occurs in February every year and people all over the world participate. The 2020 GBBC goes from February 14-17. Participating is fun and easy!
- Create an eBird account if you don’t already have one (it’s free!).
- Go outside for at least 15 minutes and count every bird you can identify. You can go birding anywhere you want!
- Submit your checklists on eBird.
Go birding as many times as you want within the 4 days to participate. All the data you contribute is used by scientists to track bird populations.
This year will be our first time doing the GBBC in New Hampshire. We are in for some pretty cold temperatures the first half of this weekend (or as some of my students would probably say: wicked cold! lol)., so it’ll be interesting to see how many birds we’ll find. Sunday will warm up a little, so I plan on heading out to the Seacoast. I’ll keep you updated!
I hope you are able to participate in the count! Have fun!
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