Birds Rock! The 2017 Bird Count
The 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count in February just set new records: it’s the best count ever conducted since the GBBC began in 1998. Here are the stats—as of March […]
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Great Backyard Bird Count Feb 17-20
Do you love birds? Love watching them? The Great Backyard Bird Count – now nearly 20 years old– is your chance, February 17-20, to help create the 2017 annual snapshot […]
Friday Roundup Apr 29: Ches Bay, Space Colony, Hummingbirds, Feeding Africa
Our stories this week: Chesapeake Bay’s good news, Kaplana –a NASA space colony, Howard Buffett’s “brown revolution” to feed Africa, bison wins new status Chesapeake Bay’s Good News The Chesapeake […]
Friday Roundup: Good News! Mar 26
Welcome Spring 2016: This week we are only reporting good news– eagles, ravens, monarch butterflies, orcas, the Chesapeake Bay, Amazon funding, World Happiness Report. Whoopee! World Happiness Report: Just released, […]
Count the Birds Feb 12-15
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) starts tomorrow, February 12 and continues through the 15th — you, your kids, your friends, and anyone can be part of the annual worldwide […]
Birds: Count ’em Feb 12-15
A worldwide bird census takes place Feb 12-15 – and you can be part of it! The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)— made up of Audubon, Cornell (University) Lab of […]
Great Backyard Bird Count Breaks Records 2015
Bird watchers around the world set new records for the 2015 Great Backyard Bird Count — an annual event that invites everyone from families to birding professionals to pitch in […]
Bird Lovers: Two Important Events!
Mark your calendar: Two important bird events await your participation: Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count (Sunday, Dec. 14 to Jan. 5, 2015); and the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) , Feb. […]
Birds at Risk: Two New Reports
The recently released U.S. Postal Service “forever stamps” feature 10 North American songbirds – from the Baltimore Oriole to Western Meadowlark — but stamps may be the closest some of […]
Snowy Owls: Avian Nomads
Experts call it a “winter invasion.” Snowy owls descended this year from their Arctic range to spots all over the northern U.S. — from Minnesota to the Maritimes, the Great […]
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