Final Worldwide Great Backyard Bird Count Results/Photos

The final worldwide results from the 2014 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) are in.  It was another record breaking year for the GBBC as far as the number of participants and the number of checklists submitted.

  Below is a clip from the GBBC enewsletter I received this week:

So why all the fuss about counting birds?  While it may seem insignificant and unimportant to some, conducting various bird counts including the GBBC can help answer important questions such as:

Some more interesting data from the 2014 GBBC:

Did you really enjoy the GBBC and wish you could could continue counting birds?  One avenue is one I previously wrote about in my February 25, 2014 post (http://dansgardening.blogspot.com/2014/02/worldwide-great-backyard-bird-count.html) which is Project FeederWatch (http://feederwatch.org/), also sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  I am currently participating in this program which runs annually from November through April.

Still want to observe and count birds all year long?

Well, you are in luck!

Check out eBird (http://ebird.org/content/ebird/) which is also sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I will be investigating this program over the next few weeks.  More information to follow.

Finally, some photos including another nice sunrise at my home:

Northern Cardinal

Blue Jay

Dark-Eyed Junco

Sunrise at My Home March 13, 2014

Until next time.