We are so excited to be participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this year with our Forest Adventure Homeschool co-op. The count starts this Friday February 12th and goes until Monday February 15th. Anyone can participate! All you have to do is take note of the types of birds you observe and how many for 15 minutes a day. Then enter your bird counting data at birdcount.org .
I love that so many countries and people participate!
Great Backyard Bird Count results from 2020:
- 268,674 Estimated Participants
- 27,270,156 Total Birds Counted
- 6,942 Species of Birds Identified
- 194 Countries
We made pinecone bird feeders to entice birds to our backyard during the count. We went for a nature walk collected the biggest dry pinecones we could find, slathered them in peanut butter, sprinkled them with bird seed, and topped them off with a pipe cleaner to attach the feeders to a tree.
“We all need an incentive to get outside mid-winter and look for birds beyond what we can see from our windows. It’s fun to see the little flashes of light on the map when we submit our counts, among the thousands around the world, and we know our data matter.”
— Barb Gorges, Wyoming, United States birdcount.org
I’d love for you to join us during the Great Backyard Bird Count! Leave a comment if you end up joining in the worldwide count. Follow along with us @homesteadonlakeside
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