Bird Watch Project

Posted on Tuesday 3 October 2006 at 10:39 AM in A Little Bit Of Everything - Post Comment

We are planning on doing this, so I wanted to share the info in case someone else is interested too!


Project FeederWatch is a program of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  This program is for anyone who enjoys watching birds come to their feeder and would be willing to set aside some time to identify and count birds in their backyards and report them to Cornell for
scientists to use in gathering data about bird populations in the United States and Canada.

The annual participant's fee is $15 and for that you receive:

* Instruction set
* FeederWatch handbook, filled with tips for
o attracting birds to your yard
o maintaining a clean and safe feeder area
o selecting bird feeders and foods
o identifying birds
o discouraging predators and pests
* Bird-identification poster
* Colorful wall calendar to keep track of your bird-counting days
* One year subscription to BirdScope
* Access to the FeederWatch web site

You can report your data either manually through the mail or through the web site. You can also keep track of the data being collected in your area or accross the continent by other Feeder Watchers.

You can be a part of the world's largest research team, studying feeder-bird populations from coast to coast!

More information can be found at their website.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/