Bundle up, grab your binoculars and head out to count birds for science! Join in on the 2016 Great Backyard Bird Count.
Simply tally the numbers and kinds of birds you see for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, February 12-15, 2016. Count birds in as many places and on as many days as you like—one day, two days, or all four days
Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Since then, more than 100,000 people of all ages and walks of life have joined the four-day count each February to create an annual snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds.
If you’re new to the count, first register online then enter your checklist.
