In 1900, Frank Chapman and 26 other conservationists started the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) as a way of promoting conservation by counting, rather than hunting, birds on Christmas Day. You can participate in this historic bird count and help scientists see where birds are spending their time for the same period every year and […]
Birds need you! October 14, join tens of thousands of other birdwatchers around the globe in a Global Big Day. Wherever you are in the world, go birding – even just for 15 minutes if you dont have much time. Then, record your sightings in ebird and voila – you have done something good for birds! All […]
Watching birds and reporting what you see during the annual Great Backyard Bird Count is a great reason to get outside in winter! Each February, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society ask people to spend at least 15 minutes over a 4-day period to watch birds and report every bird they see. […]