You can help count the birds! February 18 - 21 are the dates for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count this year. The count is coordinated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon, and Bird Studies Canada, and all interested persons - people of all ages and skill levels - can help by counting birds in their yards, neighborhoods, or other locations across the U. S. and Canada.
Cornell’s instructions are to simply tally birds for at least 15 minutes on any day of the count, then go to http://www.birdcount.org and enter the highest number of each species seen at any one time.
Cornell states that numbers submitted to Cornell provide an instantaneous snapshot of birdlife across the continent for all to see, and that you can watch as the tallies come in at http://www.birdcount.org.
“Whether people observe birds in backyards, parks, or wilderness areas, the Great Backyard Bird Count is an opportunity to share their results at http://www.birdcount.org,” said Judy Braus, Audubon’s vice president of Education and Centers. “It’s fun and rewarding for people of all ages and skill levels--and it gets people outside!”
“When thousands of people all tell us what they’re seeing, we can detect changes in birds’ numbers and locations from year to year,” said Dr. Janis Dickinson, director of Citizen Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Information, including bird-ID tips, instructions, and past results, is available at http://www.birdcount.org. For photographers, the count also includes a photo contest.
For more information about birds at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, please see the official Refuge website, http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/hagerman/index.html and for information about events and activities of the Friends of Hagerman, as well as many bird photos, visit http://www.friendsofhagerman.com.
Photo, Female Red-winged Blackbird, by Donna Niemann.
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