This year’s Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is February 12- 15, 2021. You can participate in this world-wide event and help scientists study the numbers and movements of birds around the world. The video below, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, provides a brief overview of the program.
Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and report their sightings online with eBird or the Merlin Bird ID app. All eBird entries and saved Merlin Bird IDs over the four days contribute to the Great Backyard Bird Count.
Merlin Bird ID is also a great resource if you need help identifying a bird during your count. Check out the videos below for more information on Merlin and eBird.
Happy Counting!