Cornell Backyard Bird Count
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Cornell backyard bird count. The next gbbc is february 12 15 2021. Cornell lab of ornithology bird studies canada. For some folks the best part of president s day is having an extra 24 hours to veg out. The great backyard bird count gbbc is a free fun and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real time snapshot of bird populations.
It s free fun and easy and it helps the birds. Join us on a lifelong journey to enjoy understand and protect birds and the natural world. The great backyard bird count is a joint program of the cornell lab of ornithology and audubon with canadian partner birds canada. February 14 17 friday through monday is the 23rd annual great backyard bird count gbbc.
Bird watchers of all ages count birds to create a real time snapshot of where birds are. Cornell lab of ornithology home we believe in the power of birds to ignite discovery and inspire action. More about the gbbc. You can count for as little as 15 minutes on a single day or for as long as you like each day of the event.
Your cornell lab account lets you access any of these projects. But for others it s that joyous time of year when they get to tally up birds for the annual great backyard bird count gbbc. Cornell university cornell lab of ornithology 159 sapsucker woods rd. Given this staggering decline in north america s avian population there is no better time than now to help scientists track bird populations by taking part in the 23rd annual great backyard bird count gbbc feb.
The dates for the 2020 gbbc are february 14 to 17. Great backyard bird count. The event is co sponsored by the cornell lab of ornithology and the national audubon society. A 4 day count held over a long weekend in february.
Watch birds in your backyard or anywhere else and be part of this 20 year tradition and help provide scientists with a snapshot of bird populations. To participate just go birding during this timeframe and make sure to enter your checklists in ebird. The gbbc was one of the first demonstrations that the internet could be used to collect bird checklists and was instrumental in the creation of ebird back in 2002. Count feeder birds for science.