The Great Backyard Bird Count<\/strong> (GBBC) is a four day, world-wide count that helps us learn more about wild birds and changes in their territories over time. Join in! Your count makes a difference! Every count shared, no matter the result, will give researchers valuable data about wild birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit Birdcount.org <\/a>for all the details, but this is basically how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n With data from citizen-science, scientists can better determine how birds are affected by habitat loss, pollution and disease. Knowing where greatest needs are for species-specific conservation leads to targeted action to help birds’ survival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Online citizen-science projects, like GBBC, offer research opportunities at a global scale. Our real-time observations and those of other volunteers world-wide are helping researchers identify and track larger trends in a changing climate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The GBBC, launched in 1998, was the first online citizen-science project. Now, there are many more than we can list here! The CitizenScience.gov catalog<\/a> alone has 493 project listings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the perfect opportunity to share your love of birding with kids. The Cornell Lab<\/strong>‘s ‘Feathered Friends’ GBBC info and family activities sheet<\/a> is just one of their many FREE, fun and educational resources to help you inspire and nurture a child’s life-long connection with nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your continuing support of our efforts here at the store means the world to us. We can’t begin to thank you enough! This weekend, take 15 minutes to count your backyard birds and submit results. Your 15 minutes could help make a decade (or more!) of difference for generations of wild birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-backyard-naturalist-store"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tIt’s so easy to take part. Just three super-simple steps!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How your count helps wild birds.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How your count makes a world of difference.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Citizen-science offers unlimited opportunities to make a difference<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
For teachers, parents and mentors of junior citizen scientists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Thank you for creating and maintaining sanctuaries<\/a> for your backyard birds.
Together, backyard by backyard, we are all making a difference.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Debi & Mike Klein and The Backyard Naturalist Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"