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| The Great Backyard Bird Count | | Join the Great Backyard Bird Count
February 13, 2010
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Bird watchers are invited to take part in the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, Saturday, February 13, 2010. Participants in the event will join tens of thousands of volunteers counting birds in their own backyards, local parks or wildlife refuges.
Each checklist submitted by these "citizen scientists" helps researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology,the National Audubon Society , and Bird Studies Canada learn more about how the birds are doing—and how to protect them. Last year, participants turned in more than 93,600 checklists online, creating the continent's largest instantaneous snapshot of bird populations ever recorded.
“Taking part in the Great Backyard Bird Count is a great way to get outside with family and friends, have fun, and help birds—all at the same time," said Audubon Education Vice President, Judy Braus. "Even if you can only identify a few species you can provide important information that enables scientists to learn more about how the environment is changing and how that affects our conservation priorities.”
Anyone can take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count, from novice bird watchers to experts. Participants count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the event and report their sightings online. One 2009 participant said, “Thank you for the opportunity to participate in citizen science. I have had my eyes opened to a whole new interest and I love it!”
“The GBBC is a perfect first step towards the sort of intensive monitoring needed to discover how birds are responding to environmental change,” said Janis Dickinson, the director of Citizen Science at the Cornell Lab. “Winter is such a vulnerable period for birds, so winter bird distributions are likely to be very sensitive to change. There is only one way—citizen science—to gather data on private lands where people live and GBBC has been doing this ac | | | | Event Date/Time: 2/13/2010 10am -12:30pm | | Venue: Murphy Hall | | Location: Westmoreland State Park
1650 State Park Rd
Montross, VA 22520 |  | | | | Cost: $8 per person | | | | | Sponsor: | | | | | Beneficiary: | | | | | Phone: (804) 493-8821 x | Email: westmoreland@dcr.virginia.gov | | | | | Website: www.virginiastateparks.gov | | | | | Directions: 6 miles West of Montross off of Route #3 | | | | | Open to the Public: Yes | | | | | | RSVP: No | | |
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