January 18, 2013 – 6:41 pm
This year’s Great Backyard Bird Count is happening Feb 15–18. Last year’s count set a new record for participation, netting more than 100,000 checklists. This year could be even bigger, because for the first time ever, the GBBC is going global. Drawing on the international reach of eBird‘s online checklists, we can now accept entries [...]
By Hugh
|
Posted in Birds, citizen science, News, slideshow, Uncategorized, what you can do
|
Also tagged birding, Birds, birdwatching, citizen science, gbbc, photos
|
February 10, 2012 – 9:33 am
Update: You can now listen to the archive of this broadcast at Bird Calls Radio It’s a week before the start of the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, or GBBC for short. If you’re new to the count, or just want to hear more about how and why it’s done, tune in to Bird [...]
November 28, 2011 – 10:37 pm
The Great Backyard Bird Count is a continent-spanning attempt to count birds over a single weekend in February that draws nearly 100,000 checklists from bird watchers all over the U.S. and Canada. People also send us thousands of pictures for our annual photo contest, which is sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited and Droll Yankees. Once [...]
November 3, 2010 – 5:58 pm
Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Great Backyard Bird Count photo contest! Our judges have been hard at work classifying, appraising, and selecting winners and runners-up in the contest’s six categories: Overall, Composition, Group, Habitat, Behavior, and People. At left is the winner in the People category—Bernice Muir’s photo of a Chestnut-backed Chickadee that [...]
By admin
|
Posted in Birds, citizen science, conservation, News
|
Also tagged birding, Birds, birdwatching, citizen science, conservation, photos, science meetings, sightings
|
February 8, 2010 – 2:41 pm
The 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count coming up February 12-15 could be the greatest ever. It all depends on how many people heed the call to participate. GBBC coordinator Pat Leonard likes to think of each checklist a bird watcher submits as illuminating a small but important part of North America—your neighborhood. Each is [...]
