Posted by Allison Wells on February 06, 2004 at 16:17:33:
Greetings,
Just a quick note to let you know that the 7th annual Great Backyard Bird
Count will run from Feb 13 through 16 this year. That's one week from
today. The GBBC is managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon,
with sponsorship from Wild Birds Unlimited stores. Just count birds on any
or all of the count days and send them over the Internet to
www.birdsource.org/gbbc. Their are cool maps and tables that are updated
almost instantly, so you can see how your observations contribute to the
continentwide perspective. There's information at the web site for teachers
and educations, and for birders of all skill levels. This year, we have
several new features, one to help people learn how to create habitat out of
their yards, and another to encourage families to make birding part of
their everyday life.
We appreciate any help you can provide to get the word out about the count
(please forward this blurb to any listservs for which it would be
appropriate - I'd appreciate a cc on that). We hope you'll all participate.
It's fun, easy, and helps build our database of continentwide bird
distribution and abundance.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Allison Wells
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
www.birds.cornell.edu
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