The Great Backyard Bird Count
Have there been more or fewer聽birds at your backyard feeders this winter?聽Did you see some species that hadn't visited you before? Why not participate in this year's Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and help scientists learn more about the distribution and movement of bird species around the country?
This will be the 12th year for the GBBC, which is jointly sponsored by聽 the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and聽 will take place Feb. 13-16, Friday through Monday.
, bird-watchers -- including many rank amateurs -- reported more than 9.8 million birds of 635 species. (Want to guess the most frequently reported species? Answer at the end.)
It's easy for anyone -- s (maybe with a bit of adult help) to take part. is for participants to count the birds for at least 15 minutes on at least one of the four days (you can do it longer and on multiple days, if you want.)
Keep a checklist for each day you counted the birds in your neighborhood and anytime from Friday evening, Feb. 13, until March 1.
Learn all you need to know at for .
OK, here's the answer to the question asked earlier about : the cardinal. No. 2 was the mourning dove. However, the two most numerous birds were the snow goose and the Canada goose.
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