February 16, 2022

My Almost Daily Journal-The Great Backyard Bird Count Starts Friday

Volume 21-Tag Along With Me on My Sometimes Boring Sometimes Interesting Sometimes Humorous Journey Through Life

Courtesy of The Great Backyard Bird Count

Welcome back. As many of you know, I am an avid birdwatcher and participate in Project FeederWatch each year. This runs each November through April and includes participants throughout the U.S. and Canada. Another project I look forward to each year is the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), which takes place each February for 4 days. This project, however, is worldwide.

Are you looking for a new hobby.? This 4 day event is a great way to give birdwatching a try. It is a great hobby than can be enjoyed by one person or a family. Kids love to get involved in identifying and counting birds.

For Project FeederWatch, participants submit a two-day species count each week from one location. In other words, the maximum number of individuals for each species observed over the 2 days.

For the GBBC, participants submit counts for each of the 4 days, and checklists may be submitted for different locations. You can submit the same observations to both Project FeederWatch and the GBBC.