The Great Backyard Bird Count

  1. Wednesday, February 13, 2008 09:54
My friend James over at birdingoklahoma.com reminded me this weekend, February 15-18, 2008, is the Great Backyard Bird Count:
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds.
How to participate:
  1. Plan to count birds for at least 15 minutes during February 15–18, 2008. Count birds at as many places and on as many days as you like—just keep a separate list of counts for each day and/or location.

  2. Count the greatest number of individuals of each species that you see together at any one time, and write it down. (You can get regional bird checklists here.)

  3. Enter your results through our web page.
For more information visit: www.birdsource.org/gbbc.

(x-posted to Blog Elk City)
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