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Join the Great Backyard Bird Count
One of the biggest community science events of the year!
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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. Anyone can participate with the Merlin Bird ID app. And if you’re familiar with your neighborhood birds, you can submit a checklist of all birds you see or hear on eBird. Learn more at the Great Backyard Bird Count's website.
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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: Mark Bramhill
Producer: Sam Johnson
Managing Producer: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Ariana Remmel
Content Director: Jonese Franklin
Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Blue Jay ML13448 recorded by Randolph Little, House Finch ML126679241 recorded by Jay McGowan, and Yellow-rumped Warbler ML85230 recorded by Wil Hershberger.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
© 2023 BirdNote February 2023/2026
Narrator: Michael Stein
ID# gbbc-06-2023-02-16
Conor Gearin
Writer
