Great Backyard Bird Count and Common Birds of Atlanta FREE Printable Checklist

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Courtesy of ebird.org

I had really hoped to have this posted on my blog on Saturday but I had to take an unexpected trip to the emergency room for a kidney stone. So better late than never, right? And there is still one day left to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count 2016.

What is the GBBC?
Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time.

Now, more than 100,000 people of all ages and walks of life worldwide join the four-day count each February to create an annual snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds.
We invite you to participate! Simply tally the numbers and kinds of birds you see for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, February 12-15, 2016. You can count from any location, anywhere in the world, for as long as you wish!


If you’re new to the count, or have not participated since before the 2013 merger with eBird, you must create a free online account to enter your checklists. Learn more about GBBC here.

Why count birds?
Scientists and bird enthusiasts can learn a lot by knowing where the birds are. Bird populations are dynamic; they are constantly in flux. No single scientist or team of scientists could hope to document and understand the complex distribution and movements of so many species in such a short time.
Scientists use information from the Great Backyard Bird Count, along with observations from other citizen-science projects, such as the Christmas Bird Count, Project FeederWatch, and eBird, to get the “big picture” about what is happening to bird population.

FREE Audubon Bird App:
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FREE Common Birds of Atlanta printable checklist:
Each February for nature journal club I always have a club meeting on birds. This is a printable I made for my class to make counting the common birds of Atlanta easier for the children. Get your copy of the Common Birds of Atlanta printable checklist for FREE.