Get your binoculars!
The Great Backyard Bird Count is Coming!
Friday, February 17 - Monday, February 20
This is an opportunity to go outside and reconnect with your avian neighbors. How many crows are flying by? Are those turkey vultures circling over the Freeway? Is that a Bewick's wren making a nest in the bird house? Not only will you have fun participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count you will be contributing to our scientific understanding of the status of bird populations and movement across the continent.
So grab your birding book, your binoculars and a piece of paper. GBBC is designed for kids to participate, anyone can do it. Note the time you start watching, distance traveled, number of people watching and GO!
Click the button to enter you data at Cornell University's http://www.birdcount.org
I'll be counting at:
Saturday, Feb. 18 8 AM - 10 AM Member's Birdwalk at the LA Zoo
Monday, Feb. 20, 9 AM - 11 AM Malibu Lagoon
1 comment:
OK, I may be facetious here, but if it's a "backyard" bird count, why would one need to note "distance traveled"? I had a UK blogger encouraging me to participate in this (since they have the Big Garden Bird Watch over there), but my bird IDs are so poor that I'm afraid any data I might collect should be thrown in the trash bin.
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