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The Great Backyard Bird County makes its annual return next month.
Every February, bird enthusiasts, citizen-scientists and everyone else is encouraged to count the birds they see – even if only in their own backyard – for as little as 15 minutes to help expand the world’s understanding of birds.
The Great Backyard Bird Count is a free, easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and report their sightings online at birdcount.org.
Each checklist submitted during the GBBC helps researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society learn more about how birds are doing, and how to protect them and the environment they share with humans.
Bird populations are always shifting and changing, GBBC officials said. For example, 2014 GBBC data highlighted a large irruption of Snowy Owls across the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and Great Lakes areas of the United States. The data also showed the effects that warm weather patterns have had on bird movement around the country.
Last year, more than 160,000 participants submitted bird observations online, creating the largest instantaneous snapshot of global bird populations ever recorded.
“This count is so fun because anyone can take part — whether you are an expert, novice, or feeder watcher,” Chad Wilsey, interim chief scientist at the Lab of Ornithology, said in a news release. “I enjoy discovering the birds that occur in my own back yard and on my block and then comparing with others.”
The 23rd annual GBBC is scheduled Feb. 14 through 17.
For more information, visit the official Great Backyard Bird Count website at birdcount.org.
On the program website participants can explore real-time maps and charts that show what others are reporting during and after the count. Visitors may also wish to check out the “Explore a Region” tool to get an idea of what they can expect to see in their area during the next GBBC.
The Great Backyard Bird Count is made possible, in part, by support from Wild Birds Unlimited.
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Most reported species
Northern Cardinal, as it nearly always does, tops the 2019 list of the most-reported species in the Great Backyard Bird Count. Only once in the past 10 years has another species dislodged the cardinal from the top perch, but in 2016 the cardinal played second fiddle to the Dark-eyed Junco. A newcomer to the most-frequently reported birds is the White-breasted Nuthatch which pushed European Starling off the list entirely last year.
1.) Northern Cardinal.
2.) Dark-eyed Junco.
3.) Mourning Dove.
4.) Downy Woodpecker.
5.) Blue Jay.
6.) American Crow.
7.) House Finch.
8.) House Sparrow.
9.) Black-capped Chickadee.
10.) White-breasted Nuthatch.
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