Great Backyard Bird Count 2025

Dull brown/red songbird with reddish crest, black face mask, and large red bill perches on a brown shrub branch.

Returning for its 28th year, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) kicks off this weekend for a four-day free and fun event to count and report details of birds.

From Friday, February 14, 2025 through Monday, February 17, 2025 thousands of people around the world will take as little as 15 minutes to notice birds around them and report them online.

The information shared by GBBC participants helps scientists better understand global bird populations.

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Great Backyard Bird Count 2024

Brown, white, and black sparrow with brown streaks on a white breast pauses at it forages on the green grass. The bird is looking forward, blue sky and tree branches in the blurry background.

You’re invited!

Join me and other folks this weekend for the 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).

People come together for four days for a global bird count from February 16, 2024 to February 19, 2024 to watch and count as many birds as they can and report them online.

Which you can do in your own backyard or neighborhood.

Or nearby park, forest, or wetland.

Or public school, college campus, downtown areaany public space where birds can be seen or heard.

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