The Great Backyard Bird Count is almost here!

We’d like to remind you that the 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count 
takes place this coming Friday through Monday, Feb. 13-16.

We hope you’ll join bird watchers in your town and across North America who 
are planning to tally the birds they see in backyards, park, nature 
centers, and public lands. File your reports online at 
<http://www.birdcount.org/>www.birdcount.org where you can see results 
showing up on our maps in real time.

The Great Backyard Bird Count, hosted by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and 
the National Audubon Society, includes a photo contest and drawings for 
great prizes awarded to participants.

Most importantly it gathers a massive amount of data about where the birds 
are, and in what numbers, during late winter. All this information goes 
into databases that scientists use to better understand the movement and 
distribution of bird populations. The information you give us gets more and 
more valuable as we track the impacts of habitat loss, climate change, and 
disease on our birds over time.

If you’ve never participated before­give it a try! If you’re a veteran of 
the GBBC, thank you­and keep counting!

Thank you for caring about the birds.

Your friends at the Great Backyard Bird Count


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