Great Backyard Bird Count is this weekend! Take a little time to enjoy our feathered friends.

[TalkingDog]

http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/checklist

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds.

1. Plan to count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count. You can count for longer than that if you wish! Count birds in as many places and on as many days as you like—one day, two days, or all four days. Submit a separate checklist for each new day. You can also submit more than one checklist per day if you count in other locations on that day.

2. Count the greatest number of individuals of each species that you see together at any one time. You may find it helpful to print out your regional bird checklist to get an idea of the kinds of birds you're likely to see in your area in February. You could take note of the highest number of each species you see on this checklist.

3. When you're finished, enter your results through our web page. You'll see a button marked "Enter Your Checklists!" on the website home page beginning on the first day of the count. It will remain active until the deadline for data submission: March 5, 2012.

[pinto]

1. Kick

[truebrit71]

2. K&R

I love watching my feathered visitors..

[Aerows]

3. I'm going to have a field day with this

I already live in a bird sanctuary, and repeatedly can count ten species a day .

This is why I have an inside cat and a mostly inside cat. LOL.

[Solly Mack]

4. :)

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ETA.

I submitted 11 species for today.

Thank you for posting the OP!!

[pscot]

5. K&R

[Solly Mack]

6. Kicking for those who might have missed this.

I'm still participating.

Even in the rain...lol

[IDemo]

7. I couldn't possibly count all the birds in our yard

We have several feeders in front and back. There must be several hundred finch and sparrows flying to and fro all day from the feeders to the trees and back in a rush of wings. We also get a good twenty to thirty quail and about that many dove. We even had bees (in Boise, in February??) apparently feeding off the sunflower seeds for nearly a week. Oh, and several visits per week by an assortment of hawks looking to 'bird feed' as well.