Join the Great Backyard Bird Count

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Join the Great Backyard Bird Count

Written by Conor Gearin

This is BirdNote. 

    [Blue Jay call]

To join the Great Backyard Bird Count, one of the biggest community science events of the year, you don’t even need a backyard. You just need 15 minutes and an interest in birds. 

Over the course of four days in February, the Great Backyard Bird Count gathers heaps of info about birds all over the world — and helps people connect with their local birds. 

    [House Finch song]

If you’re new to identifying birds, you can download the Merlin Bird ID app to help figure out which species you’re encountering based on looks and sound. If you already recognize your neighborhood birds, you can use eBird to submit a list of every species you see or hear during the count. And you can submit as many checklists as you want during the event! 

    [Yellow-rumped Warbler song]

It’s a great opportunity to bring friends or family along with you to the backyard or a nearby park and help them have their first birding experience. You’ll submit a shared checklist with all the species you observed as a group.

    [House Finch song]
The event begins tomorrow and ends on Monday. Learn more at our website, BirdNote.org. I’m Michael Stein.

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Senior Producer: John Kessler
Content Director: Allison Wilson
Producer: Mark Bramhill
Managing Editor: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Conor Gearin
Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Blue Jay ML 13448 recorded by Randolph Little, House Finch ML 126679241 recorded by Jay McGowan, and Yellow-rumped Warbler ML 85230 recorded by Wil Hershberger.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
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Narrator: Michael Stein

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