[birdky] INFO: Great Backyard Bird Count program at Louisville Nature Center ...

Some subscribers to BIRDKY who live in the Louisville area might be
interested in this opportunity to learn more about our winter birds and
how to participate in the upcoming Great Backyard Bird Count.
 
 
FROM: the Louisville Audubon Society
 
 
12TH ANNUAL GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT

 

        Our annual program on the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), How
to Participate and What Birds You Can Expect to See, will be pre-sented
on Saturday, February 7th at 1:00 p.m. at the Louisville Nature Center
(LNC), 3745 Illinois Ave., across from the Louisville Zoo. Joan Brown,
retired Conservation and Education Officer with KY Dept of Fish &
Wildlife Resources will walk us through the basics, while both educating
us and entertaining us with her bird stories. 

 

        L.A.S. is here to help you become a Citizen Scientist. From
begin-ners to experts, everyone can count birds, reporting their
sightings on one or each of the four count days (February 13-16, 2009)
online at: www.birdcount.org <http://www.birdcount.org/> . The web site
also allows participants to explore what birds others folks are finding
in their backyards-whether in their own neighborhood or thousands of
miles away. Additional online resources include tips to help identify
birds, a photo gallery, and a special section for educators.  Last
February, 85,000 checklists were sub-mitted-reporting 9.8 million birds
of 635 species-a new record count!  

 

        "The GBBC has become a vital link in the arsenal of
continent-wide bird-monitoring projects," said Cornell Lab of
Ornithology director, John Fitzpatrick. "With more than a decade of data
now in hand, the GBBC has documented the fine-grained details of
late-winter bird distributions better than any project in history,
including some truly striking changes just over the past decade."

 

        As an added feature this year, L.A.S. will have several leaders
lined up on the actual GBBC weekend whom you may join to tally a count
for a specified area. Walks will be suitable for all ages. Check back
for details to be posted in January on our website at the following
link: www.louisvilleaudubon.org <http://www.louisvilleaudubon.org/>  ...
or call LNC at 502/458-1328.

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