The Great Backyard Bird Count at Red House Nature Center, Inlet Pond County Park65275 Route 48, Greenport, NY2 pm to 3:30 PM on Sunday, February 19thIt’s fun, and easy—and it helps the birds. Suggested donation of $5 per family.Make your own bird feeder and learn how to identify all the winter birds in your own back yard. North Fork Audubon members will be on hand to show you how to use binoculars and spotting scope, so that you can see woodpeckers, cardinals, titmice, black-capped chickadees and other local winter birds in great detail. We'll teach you how to submit your own backyard bird sightings to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology where they will be posted FREE to the GBBC data base-- which will make you a CITIZEN SCIENTIST!
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. This year, the GBBC will take place over President's Day weekend, Feb. 17th-20th. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event.
Call Tom Damiani, Outreach Coordinator at 477-6456 for more information. or northforkaudubon.org
