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I’ve been traveling for the last little while, a trip down south on business followed by another throughout Nunavut. The logistics of traveling in the Arctic means that nothing is straightforward. This past week, for three days of meetings in Cambridge Bay, I was on the road for eight days including a foray into the [...]

That magical time of year when our thoughts turn to the ones we love is fast approaching. No, I’m not talking about Valentine’s Day. It’s time for the Great Backyard Bird Count! The Great Backyard Bird Count, or GBBC for those in the know, is an annual four-day event that exhorts bird watchers across North America [...]

So, how was your Great Backyard Bird Count? If you live in North America and pay any attention at all to avifauna, you probably did your part over the last four days to advance the cause of citizen science. To be honest, I wasn’t all that excited about the GBBC this year. I strive to [...]

We’re entering the home stretch on winter here in North America, which means it must be time for the Great Backyard Bird Count! The GBBC is an awesome birding tradition that elevates awareness of February feeder bird distribution, mobilizes a nation of bored citizen scientists into productive action, and brings out the backyard birder in [...]

Citizen scientists should mark off February 16-19, 2007 in their calendars. Those days mark the tenth annual Great Backyard Bird Count. This event, developed and managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in conjunction with the National Audubon Society, is a celebration of the symbiosis enjoyed by backyard feeder-watchers and the birds they watch feed. [...]