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I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) this morning for the first time ever, counting 30 species including two that are not on my life list. It was fun. For myself, I only count birds that I can visually identify. But today I submitted birds the Merlin app “heard” and noted such observations as such when submitting my GBBC data. My favorite parts today were reporting 29 black vultures roosting in a tree near a runoff collection pond and reporting 200 black-bellied whistling ducks at the Lindshire Park pond in Austin, Texas—there were actually a bit more than 200 of those ducks at the pond, but I quit counting.

#Cornell #Ornithology #Birding #GBBC #Austin #Texas

Spent some time this cold grey morning outside for the Great Backyard Bird Count. I saw only the usual flocks of house sparrows and starlings that live near the parking lot garden.
According to Merlin’s listening feature, I heard the neighbor blue jay (yep) and a cardinal (also a neighbor) and a house finch. Never seen a house finch!

#gbbc #gbbc2026 #merlinBirdID #InvisibleButAudible #bird

Better on not-a-phone but amusing to watch! EBird live submissions map:
https://ebird.org/livesubs

#coffeeBirding #gbbc #greatBackyardBirdCount #gbbc2026

Just spent some quality porch time counting birds for the CornellLab Great Backyard Bird Count. Got 22 species, including a Red Shouldered Hawk.

Got 15 minutes? Go count some birdies for science!

https://www.birdcount.org/

#Birds #BackyardBirds #GBBC

Added Bald Eagle and Ring-billed Gull to my list for great backyard bird count. Earlier got a Brown Creeper and Pileated Woodpecker. #GBBC

The Great Backyard Bird Count is happening today through Monday Feb. 16! Join this 4-day annual global birding event to share what you're seeing or hearing in your corner of the world. You can help scientists better understand & protect birds around the world, in as little as 15 minutes of your time! Here’s how to participate https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #GBBC2026 #CitizenScience #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong

How many birds can you find? 29th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count, February 13-16, 2026 / birdcount.org / Photo of Golden-crowned Kinglet by Ashley Pichon used with permission from Macaulay Library

The Great Backyard Bird Count is on this weekend! Join in from wherever you are. 🐦

How to Participate – Great Backyard Bird Count
https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GBBC #GBBC2026

Kicking off the Great Backyard Bird Count with a Red-shouldered Hawk on my commute. It perched among a crowd of oblivious House Finches. #birding #GBBC

Seems eBird turned on the filters for Great Backyard Bird Count.

All Northern flickers I've reported in southeast Michigan today are now considered rare.

Two days ago, I reported them without them being flagged as rare.

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #birding #Michigan

Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.

I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.

#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia

A Landscape format picture of two Kalij Pheasants , on snow. The two birds (male & female) are standing next to each other - partly sideways to the observer. There head is to the centre and body flows to the right of the frame. The male is closer and looking straight into the camera - both eyes are visible- the female, which parallel but a bit forward has its head turned even more and looking at the camera through its right eye.

The male and female are approximately the same size, maybe around the size of medium to large rooster.

The legs are typically Pheasant like - Long cental middle two - two on the sides and a spur at the back. he Legs are bare till the thighs.

The male has a silver white crest an ivory reak not long not short and slighly down curved. The back is deep blue black with some speckling of silver white. A small part of the next nd the full breast and belly is downward streaked with silvery white feathers. Some silver while is also at th base of a tail (vertically erect like a helicopter tail rotor and not flat flat like a raptor tail)

The female has a brown crest - the bare skin around the eye is less prominent. The beak and feet are the same. The nture body and back is covered in downward facing white crescent moons set on a light non red mud brown.

Both birds are on show on the edge of a snow covered field / rock. Some brown and green plants are seen on the edges of the frame

A sqaure poster sharing details of Bird Walks

Title Munsiari Bird Trails GBBC 2026 (3 Days)
Location: Munsiari, Uttarakhand
Daily Start Time 7:00 AM

Trail Leaders Rajendra Koranga & Bablu Farswan

Day 1 – Friday, 13 February : Trail Nachni Birding along a river corridor in subtropical conditions.

Day 2 Saturday, 14 February. Trail Betuli Dhar to Kalamuni
Cold temperate forests; birding along the road with short forest walks.

Day 3 Sunday, 15 February . Trail: Sarmoli to Malla Deohlaar . A Cold temperate to sub-alpine zone trail; long & steep climbs/descents (from 2200 to 3400 metres above sea level).

A supporting note This is a coordinated birding event under GBBC 2026, supported by Early Bird, eBird, Bird Count India, & a regional collaborator A Trust for India’s Nature.

And a Description of the birds in the picture
Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), Photo Location, Sarmoli Uttarakhand, India , Picture by K Ramnarayan tken on 23rd January 2019.

On the bottom right are logos of Bird Count India, Ebird India, A Trust for India's Nature and a badge that says I don't use Call PLaybacks , Uttarakhand Nature Guide Forum

A big bird-nerd event is coming up. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/02/share-joy-great-backyard-bird-count-begins-feb-13 #CornellLab #GBBC #birds

Good advice for winter bird feeding and the Great BackYard Bird Count is coming up!
#Birds
#ProjectFeederWatch
#Gardening
#GBBC

https://mailchi.mp/cornell/feederwatch-enews-time-for-nest-watching-and-latest-feederwatcher-story-winners-5766917?e=c49a2de40f

The Great Backyard Bird Count Is Happening NOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Tmp4S-avc
#youtube_ExploreLiveNatureCams #explore_org #explore #live_nature_cams #animal_cams #animal_videos #explore_live_nature_cams #The_Great_Backyard_Bird_Count_Is_Happening_NOW #great_backyard_bird_count #GBBC #cornell #audubon #National_audubon_society #cornell_lab_of_ornithology #cornell_lab #birds #counting_birds

I did the #GBBC on my walk this evening and identified 19 species and 210 specimens in just over half an hour. And saw no herons! What's up with that? I shouldn't complain - so fortunate to have this on my doorstep. Here's Black Oystercatchers, American Coots and 2 Least Sandpipers. #Birds 🪶

A group of American Coots, some of the nearly 100 hanging out locally this evening, some on rocks on the edge of the harbour, some in the water. These are black rotund waterfowl with striking white bills. Two Black Oystercatchers had just landed. similar sized black birds but these with long red bills. Two Least Sandpipers can just be seen bottom left that are flying off. The rocks look like concrete blocks covered in barnacles and seaweed, with sea is blue and a little choppy. Sun is setting giving it a golden glow.

Reminder that the Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up February 14 to 17, 2025.
Here's a link:
https://www.birdcount.org/tools/spread-the-word/?_hsmi=341630415
Photo credit in alt text.
#Birds
#birdsofmastodon
#GBBC
#GBBC2025

A professional photo of a Dark-Eyed Junco on a snowy branch. Text says: "How Many Birds can you find? 28th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, February 14-17, 2025.
Photo credit: Alex Marine / Macaulay Library

A Total Eclipse of the Heart
Oklahoma will witness a Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Plus, the results are in for this year's Great Backyard Bird Count.
April 1, 2024

https://blogoklahoma.substack.com/p/a-total-eclipse-of-the-heart

#Oklahoma #BlogOklahoma #Newsletter #SolarEclipse #GBBC #Substack

I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count back in February and wrote a piece about it on Daily Kos.
#birding #birds #GBBC #GreatBackyardBirdCount #snohomishcounty #PNW #DailyKos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/24/2231079/-Dawn-Chorus-My-Great-Backyard-Bird-Count-2024

This killdeer showed a real lack of situational awareness: came prancing up to me as if the chain link fence between us made me invisible! Maybe e was just very eager to be counted in the #GreatBackyardBirdCount!

#shorb #birding #BirdPhotography #Oregon #GBBC

A photo of a ditzy-looking shorebird on a tennis court. It fills almost the entire frame vertically, walking toward the photographer on spindly pale legs. It has a big black eye rimmed in bright orange, with a stripe across its forehead and the top of the eye that makes it look like it has a cartoon monobrow making a concerned expression. The horizontal black and white stripes continue down the neck to the white chest, while the back, head, and mustache region are a pleasant mocha shade. It has a long black beak for probing up wiggly delights from sand or mud, currently showing silty signs of use. The tennis court is lichen-covered, the chain link next to it is rusty, and twigs and debris scatter the clay behind it.

#GBBC today: fish crows, american crows, house finch, robins, northern cardinals, house sparrow, starlings

Blog Oklahoma Newsletter
Time for My A1C Test
Plus, I participated in another Great Backyard Bird Count and take a quick look at a northeastern Oklahoma county.
February 19, 2024

https://blogoklahoma.substack.com/p/time-for-my-a1c-test

#Newsletter #Oklahoma #BlogOklahoma #Healthcare #GBBC #Substack

#gbbc

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