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Don’t take the birds in your backyard for granted. Beyond eating bugs or invasive plant seeds, backyard birds provide people with joy and wonder, said Geoff LeBaron, Christmas Bird Count ...
Identifying which birds are nesting in your backyard by their eggs is a fun activity. With luck, one bird egg you won't find belongs to this visiting pest.
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can.
Because birding requires little gear, and can be done almost anywhere, it’s a great activity for your next trip. Here’s what ...
The annual Great Backyard Bird Count is slated for Feb. 14-17. Anyone is welcome to participate; all it takes is a commitment to identify and count the birds seen or heard in a particular location ...
Last year more than 600,000 people from 210 countries and subregions participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, identifying nearly 8000 species. You can see real-time results from this year here.
The Great Backyard Bird Count, in which members of the public are asked to count the birds they see or hear for at least 15 minutes, runs Feb. 14-17. ... An app to help you identify birds ...
It might be Valentine’s Day – but this weekend is for more than just love birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count is back. Between Feb. 14 and 17, ... How do I identify birds?
Spend just 15 minutes watching the birds in your yard to take part in this annual bird census. Here’s how to easily join in on the birdwatching fun. The Great Backyard Bird Count of 2025 is Coming.
Bird Buddy’s ability to identify birds is part of its charm. It makes the world of birds accessible to users who don’t know a black-capped chickadee from a tufted titmouse.
In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing. By Margaret Roach To them, she isn’t a best ...
The GBBC, which was launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, is an annual four-day event in February during which anyone around the world can observe, identify ...