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VSP: Great Backyard Bird Count

February 16 - February 19

This is a great opportunity for birders to get VSP hours!  You can count birds in your own backyards or elsewhere in Fort Bend or Waller counties to create a real-time snapshot of where birds are.

How to Participate:

Participating is easy, fun to do alone or with others, and can be done anywhere you find birds.

Step 1: Decide where you will watch birds.

Step 2: Watch birds for 15 minutes or more, at least once over the four days, February 16–19, 2024.

Step 3: Identify all the birds you see or hear within your planned time/location and use the best tool for sharing your bird sightings:

  • If you are a beginning bird admirer and new to bird identification, try using the Merlin Bird ID app to tell us what birds you are seeing or hearing.
  • If you have participated in the count before and want to record numbers of birds, try the eBird Mobile app or enter your bird list on the eBird website (desktop/laptop).
If you already contribute to Merlin or eBird, continue what you are doing! All entries over the 4-days count towards GBBC.

[VSP hours are to be recorded in VMS under “Great Backyard Bird Count:TMN Field Research Hours”]

Details

Start:
February 16
End:
February 19
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.birdcount.org/

Organizer

Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Great Backyard Bird Count
Phone
(800) 843-2473
Email
gbbc@cornell.edu
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