WORLD BIRDING

 

GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT is next weekend  Feb. 13-15. Last year’s global  count yielded 8,078* species of the world’s known species, that is 158 more than in 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world were birding during those four days in February.

Spend time in your favorite places watching birds in as little as 15 minutes. Identify them, count them, and submit your counts which will help scientists better understand and protect birds around the world. If you already use eBird or Merlin, your submissions over the 4 days count toward GBBC.

Go to their website  (https://www.birdcount.org/participate/) for information and details.  Good birding!!!

.

* There are generally considered to be over 11,000 species of birds, with major checklists like AviList recognizing around 11,131 species, though this number fluctuates as new species are described or split, and estimates vary depending on the classification system used. Some alternative definitions, looking at taxonomic variations, suggest the number could be closer to 20,000, but the most widely accepted count hovers around 11,000.