{"id":12021,"date":"2024-02-15T11:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/?p=12021"},"modified":"2024-02-15T11:30:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:30:13","slug":"the-great-backyard-bird-count-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/the-great-backyard-bird-count-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Backyard Bird Count 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Take Fifteen Minutes and Help Make a World of Difference<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

During February 16th-19th, counting birds in your backyard will help create a real time, global snapshot of wild bird populations and their locations.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just three super-easy steps!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Visit Birdcount.org <\/a>for all the details, but this is basically how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Create your free Great Backyard Bird Count<\/a> account at birdcount.org.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Count birds for at least 15 minutes<\/strong> during February 16-19. You can submit more checklists! Keep a checklist for each count you do in additional locations, different times or on other days during the GBBC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Submit your results on the GBBC website<\/a> or download the free eBird Mobile app<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How your count helps wild birds.<\/h3>\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

    How your count makes a world of difference.<\/h3>\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

    Citizen-science offers unlimited opportunities to make a difference<\/h3>\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 497 project listings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For teachers, parents and mentors of junior citizen scientists<\/h3>\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

    Thank you for creating and maintaining sanctuaries for your backyard birds.
    Together, backyard by backyard, we are all making a difference.<\/h4>\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!
    Debi & Mike Klein and The Backyard Naturalist Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    P.S. It’s not too early to start\u00a0Thinking Bluebirds!!!<\/strong>\u00a0Nesting season is so close, now. Are you seeing\u00a0Eastern Bluebirds<\/a>\u00a0in your backyard count?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Left<\/strong>: Future parents scouting a\u00a0Gilbertson Bluebird nest box<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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