Monday, February 24, 2014

The Great Backyard Bird Count



February 24,2014 Birding is Fun


Great Backyard Bird Count


The Great Backyard Bird Count took place from Feb 14-17. I have been participating in this count for years now.  It is easy to take a few minutes and count the birds you see in your yard, favorite park or preserve. It is a joint project sponsored by the Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The GBBC has also gone global for info on how to get started click here: http://gbbc.birdcount.org/



Above are some of the birds I counted for my Great Backyard Bird Count. Top row is a Hairy Woodpecker with a Cardinal, two Goldfinches with a Mourning Dove and a female Cardinal. Middle row is a male Cardinal, male Redbellied Woodpecker and a White-Throated Sparrow. Bottom row is a White-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin and a male Downy Woodpecker.




When hubby and I moved from a crowded suburb to our more rural home, I started noticing the beautiful birds around our yard.  Some of the first birds to attract my attention were the beautiful bright Yellow Goldfinches and the Eastern Bluebirds. These pretty birds were not noticeable while living in the city or the suburbs.




It was in my rural backyard I really started paying attention to the birds coming and going. I starting feeding the birds, I bought the heated birdbath and we started planting to attract the birds and wildlife.




Now, I can sit back and just look out my windows to count my yardbirds for the GBBC.




 It may be too late to participate in this year’s GBBC but next year you can keep this in mind and become involved in this Citizen Project and join in on the count.

I hope you enjoyed my backyard birds..Have a great day and happy birding.

EileeninMD
my blog: Viewing nature with Eileen

31 comments:

  1. I always enjoy your posts and pictures Eileen!!So beautiful birds in your yard!!My favorite,the Cardinal and the Woodpecker!
    Great shots and captures!!Wish you a happy new week!
    Dimi...

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  2. Enjoyed seeing the breadth of species you've got there

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  3. Lovely birds and collages.. Greetings from Spain..

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  5. gosh, what a spectacular! what a great project!

    i always love seeing your backyard birds, eileen. it must be a real treat to have these visitors each day.

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  6. i love all of your backyard visitors - and i know you do, too. :)

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  7. This summer, my daughter and I plan to re-do our backyard to attract more birds. And, I will tell her about the bird count. I know that she would love to do that.

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  8. Always great shots!! Favorite is the Blue Jay with the huge peanut.
    I could sit all day on our screen porch and watch the birds around the feeder and the interactions of the birds, squirrels and chipmunks.

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  9. A good way to feature the birds from your yard. I spend so much time at our big window overlooking the backyard and merely because I enjoy watching the birds so much.

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  10. I participate and submit a couple reports from my yard:) It's always fun to make your backyard feeders the focal point. It's easy as well:) Really great birds.

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  11. Eileenin, I love your birds.
    I love your photos.
    Greetings.

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  12. Hi Eileen, I always appreciate seeing your birding posts. Excellent photographs and accurate information about the various birds featured. You have been kind and helpful to my blogging efforts as well. Many thanks!

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  13. You certainly see tons of birds in YOUR backyard!

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  14. You are a great ambassador for The Great Backyard Bird Count Eileen. I loved looking at all the birds in your count. Hopefully I will be able to get involved next year. Thanks for the link :)

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  15. You KNOW I love all things nature!!! These are great pix along with you participating in the counting!...:)JP

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  16. I'm going to try to participate next year. Wonderful shots of your backyard birds.

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  17. Love all your visitors . . . especially the large peanut in the mouth jay!

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  18. eine Freude für Herz und Auge..
    enorm was da alles an die Futterstelle gekommen ist Eileen
    LG vom katerchen

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  19. Such a great variety and I was pleased to see the robin! :)

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  20. Dearest Eileen;
    What sweet pictures of your birds♡♡♡ I can really feel the LOVE for them, my friend.

    Love and Hugs, xoxo Miyako

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  21. Well done. I simply haven't gotten into GBBC. I'm happy to share your birds, many thanks!
    (ツ) from Cottage Country Ontario , ON, Canada!

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  22. You have quite a variety of birds in your backyard, Eileen! They are all so wonderful to see!

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  23. Love this collection!! I need to go buy some peanuts in the shell. Amazing how much the jay can fit in his beak!

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  24. What wonderful photos and great encouragement to start watching and counting birds, Eileen!

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  25. Piękne ptaki teraz widujesz i to jest cudowne. Pozdrawiam.
    Beautiful birds now seeing, and it is wonderful. Yours.

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  26. You're a good ambassador for the Count, Eileen. If I'm at home next year, I'll do it myself, but don't think I'll have a many beautiful ones as you have as a result of your hard work.

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  27. Looks like you created a wonderful place for the birds in your area to flourish. I counted many of the same birds in this years GBBC that you have featured in this terrific post. Love all of the fantastic photographs of your backyard birds!

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