The Great Backyard Bird Count for 2013

Yes, it is a real event, the 2013 count is coming up beginning on February 15^th and this year it is open to submissions world-wide. Sponsored by the Audubon Society and others it is a snapshot record of birds sighted on one weekend, individual counts are submitted on line and are totaled by species and number. Last year there were over 100,000 submissions counting over 17 million birds

There is also a photo competition associated with the event. Now I am no expert at photography, I do have a decent camera and occasionally pull of a decent image but some of the photos in this contest are truly superb. This little gem was the overall winner, I just wish I could get pictures like that.

You can find the rest of the finalist photos here:

http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/gallery/2012-winners-finalists

They are well worth a look and maybe while you are there you can download the entrance form and do your very own backyard count on February 15^th

Author: Low Wattage

Expat Welshman, educated (somewhat) in UK, left before it became fashionable to do so. Now a U.S. Citizen, and recent widower, playing with retirement and house remodeling, living in Delaware and rural Maryland (weekends). View all posts by Low Wattage

5 thoughts on “The Great Backyard Bird Count for 2013”

Thanks for this LW, lovely stuff. I may well give it a go as southern Portugal is on the migratory route for birds heading for Gibraltar to hop to and from Africa, not that I could take piccies like that either. There are also organised twitchers’ holidays in the region for the hard-of-socialising.

Yes, thank you, LW. The snow here is making it difficult for the birds and now it is thawing we are seeing more of them. We do a similar thing here, and one for butterflies too.

I love the picture, it’s superb.