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Send in your data from the 2008-09 season
The FeederWatch season ended April 3. Online data entry will remain open through the summer for submission of data collected last season. Data can be submitted on paper forms any time.
Sign up now for next season
We are now taking sign ups for the 2009-2010 season, which begins November 14. Sign up now to be on the mailing list for the first round of kits shipped in the fall.
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Spring cleaning
Salmonella and other bird diseases often take their toll in spring. Learn how to keep your birds healthy.
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Pine Siskin irruption
FeederWatch participants found large numbers of Pine Siskins at their feeders last winter.
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State of U.S. Birds
A recently released report describes the population status of birds in every U.S. habitat from grasslands to the arctic.
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Albinism and leucism
Project participants sometimes see birds at their feeders with white feathers in unusual places--or on rare occasions, completely white birds. Learn about the causes and terminology for these plumage abnormalities.
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FeederWatch is a joint research and education project of:

Cornell Lab of Ornithology                Bird Studies Canada
Carolina Wren by Maria Corcacas, White-breasted Nuthatches by Sara Grimm,
Purple Finch by Linda Schlemmer, Red-bellied Woodpecker by Lisa Barker,
Western Scrub-Jay and Cooper's Hawk by David Smith, Hairy Woodpecker by Gary Mueller
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