11th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count 2/15-2/18

02-12-2008, 05:51 PM

Email from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Audubon:

11th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count coming up this weekend

from Friday, February 15 - Monday, February 18

Dear Great Backyard Bird Count Participant,

Only three days remain until the 11th annual Great Backyard Bird Count
(GBBC). As you wait for the count to begin, test your "Eagle Eyes" through
our new, interactive game! Click <http://audubon.org/GBBC/game/index.php>
here to play. When you've finished, be sure to send it on to a friend,
especially if they have young people at home.

Here are just a few quick reminders and updates:

* To enter your bird count checklists, go to
<http://www.birdcount.org/> Great Backyard Bird Count — Great Backyard Bird Count and click on the big
"Enter your Checklists" button at the top of the page.

* Don't forget to send in your photos through the GBBC website! You
can submit photos from February 15 through March 1, 2008. A select number of
photos will be posted during GBBC weekend.

* Check out the GBBC blog at <http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/blog>
GBBC Blog — Great Backyard Bird Count, run by Audubon's Senior Scientist, Rob
Fergus, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Science Editor, Laura Erickson.

Each year, your discoveries enlighten and inspire us. And last year, you
sent in more than 80,000 checklists, a record-breaking number. Together we
can set a new record in 2008! We hope you'll reach out to your family,
friends, neighbors, and co-workers by forwarding this email to them or
personally inviting them to "Count for Fun, Count for the Future!"

Sincerely,

Janis Dickinson, Director of Citizen Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Rob Fergus, Senior Scientist, National Audubon Society

Melissa Hopkins, Project Manager, National Audubon Society