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A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle

By Mike February 19, 2008 6 comments

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 [...]

Get Ready for the GBBC and Win a Free Book

By Mike February 6, 2008 35 comments

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 [...]

Getting Ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count

By Mike February 6, 2007 No comments yet

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. [...]