Put on your caps and mittens, join your neighbors for the annual great backyard bird count. You don't need to go farther than your own yard. Just count for 15 minutes or more on at least one day of the count.
The count continues from February 13th through the 16th. Results should be submitted by March 1at. For those of you who used to send your count lists in, you can now do this all online.
2009 data form (pdf)
regional checklist
infomation for kids
results of previous tallies
We have lots of bird identification books in the library. Just go to 598 in both the adult and J sections.
Top 10 birds seen in 2008 count (with recordings of their sounds)
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology online bird identification guide