It's time once again for...............

the Great Backyard bird count by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society.


Get started here.

Get your printout to keep track of your birds here.


We have been doing this for years.


This will be the last time we do the count in our yard so I hope we see a lot of awesome birds!!!!

You can see our other posts here, here, and here.

It is not too late to join in.

image from Cornell Lab.

Tomorrow is the last day of the Great Backyard Bird Count by Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  We have fun with this every year. Click here for more.

Great backyard bird count results.

We did a good job keeping track of our birds.  We had a couple of new birds we had not previously seen here.



17 Canadian Geese-flying overhead
4 Vultures
12 Mourning doves
1 Barn Owl
3 Red-bellied woodpeckers
1 Yellow-bellied sapsucker
2 Downy woodpeckers
2 Hairy woodpeckers
7 Bluejays
2 Crows
3 Tufted titmouse
4 White-breasted nuthatch
5 Eastern bluebirds
8 American robins
2 Gray catbirds
1 Brown thrasher
5 Mockingbirds
1 European starling
2 Yellow-rumped warblers
2 Eastern towees
3 Dark-eyed juncos
12 Northern cardinals
2 Common grackles
1 Brown-headed cowbird
5 House finches
9 Pigeons
2 Red-tailed hawks
It is always fun hanging out with my girls and doing these types of activities.  C14 was more into it this year by getting more photos for us than usual.  She was able to get a photo of a bird that A12 and I did not get to see.  She is not as bird crazy as A12 is.  Fun, fun, fun!

Reminder for the Great Backyard Bird Count

Great Backyard Bird Count

It is almost time for the GBBC.  We participate every year and have a lot of fun doing so.  This year's dates are February 14th through the 17th.  To join in on the fun, just start clicking below. 

First Place: Overall 2013
Snowy Owl by Diane McAllister, Nevada
Photo taken in British Columbia
Photo from GBBC

Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The stats from 2013 were amazing! See those here.

Go here to find out how to join in.

2013 photo contest winners.

Photo gallery

Happy birding!

Great Backyard Bird Count

It is almost time for the GBBC.  We participate every year and have a lot of fun doing so.  This year's dates are February 14th through the 17th.  To join in on the fun, just start clicking below.

First Place: Overall 2013
Snowy Owl by Diane McAllister, Nevada
Photo taken in British Columbia
Photo from GBBC

Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The stats from 2013 were amazing! See those here.

Go here to find out how to join in.

2013 photo contest winners.

Photo gallery

Happy birding!

Great Backyard Bird Count

Remember to send in your counts today.

The Great Backyard Bird Count

It is almost that time again!  You can get all the information you need from GBBC.  When?  February 15-18.

GBBC

If you are a bird lover, you have to visit this website.

How to get started.

Awesome photo gallery.

There are printable posters, check lists, and all kinds of bird information.

GBBC

You also have to check out The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 

Also, check out National Audubon Society's website.

Happy bird watching and good luck!

Its for the birds!

To go along with our bird watching, we made a pine cone bird feeder.  We have made these before but since we were participating in The Great Backyard Bird Watch, we thought it would be a good idea to add a little extra treat for them.

Get a pine cone.

Get some peanut butter.

Cover the pine cone with the peanut butter.

This is a bag of black-oiled sunflower seeds.

This is a mix of sunflower seeds, nuts, and dried berries.

Plain, unsalted nuts.

 After you roll your pine cone covered in peanut butter in the seeds, you simply add a string and hang it outside.  We placed ours outside around noon and by 2, it looked like the plain pine cone that we started out with.  
There you have it!

Bird photographs

We started The Great Backyard Bird Count today, and we counted quite a few birds.  Here are a few pictures taken at various times today.  Most of these were taken from inside because we are a little noisy when we are outside so the birds usually end up flying away.

We have so many birds in our yard so this is a really fun project to work on.  We will try to be quiet and take some pictures outside tomorrow.

The Great Backyard Bird Count

Tomorrow, we will start The Great Backyard Bird Count.  It is from February 18th through February 21st.  We are really excited because we have A LOT of birds in our yard.  We actually bird watch every day.  We have several field guides, binoculars, feeders, and a bird bath already set up.  It is unseasonably warm now at 70 degrees and the birds really enjoy the bath with fresh water.

Here is the link if you would like to join us. The Great Backyard Bird Count
Everything you need is on the website but if you need some help, I am adding a few links.
Instructions
Data form
Happy bird watching!