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 Visit Birdcount.org <\/a>for all the details, but this is basically how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch the world map light up in real time<\/a>! There’s a glowing light added on the map as each checklist is submitted. One (or more) of those lights will be yours!<\/strong><\/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 504 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! During February 14th-17th, counting birds in your backyard will help create a real time, global snapshot of wild bird populations and their locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[566,589,591,592],"class_list":["post-12461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-backyard-naturalist-store","tag-the-great-backyard-bird-count","tag-global-citizen-science","tag-birding-with-kids","tag-backyard-birds"],"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\tJust three super-easy steps!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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More about the Great Backyard Bird Count in the slideshow below: (from the Cornell Lab website)<\/h5>\n\n\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 for your backyard birds<\/a>.
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":"