Joyce Fetteroll

I haven't done this yet since I keep forgetting, but here's the
information. It looks like fun :-)

The home page for it is:
http://birdsource.org/gbbc/

The Participating is Easy page is:
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/howTo.html

Here's the beginning of their article on last year's count:

2005 Great Backyard Bird Count Results
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/summary.html
Participants document ebb and flow of birdlife across the continent

By Paul Green, Audubon director of citizen science, Chris Wood, eBird
project leader, and Brian Sullivan, eBird project leader
Contributors: Sally Conyne, Stacy Peterson, and Rob Fergus

During the 2005 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), tens of thousands
of people had a great time counting birds, provided some fascinating
information, and broke a few records. During the four-day count of
February 18-21, birders across North America reported more than 6.5
million birds, shattering the previous record of 4.8 million set in
2002. Participants submitted nearly 52,000 checklists, up 22 percent
from last year, and tallied 613 bird species, surpassing the previous
record of 567. More than 1,000 photos were considered for the new
online photo gallery, which features birds seen from around the
continent during the count. At the GBBC web site, you can visit the
photo gallery, explore the results, and view the top-10 lists.

Participants recorded birds in all 50 states and all but one Canadian
province and territory, capturing the tremendous geographic variation
in birds across the continent, from the 10 species reported in the
Northwest Territories to the 377 species reported from Texas.

Joyce
Answers to common unschooling questions:
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Blog of writing prompts for speculative fiction writers:
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Joanne

Thanks for the links Joyce. I wanted to do this last year but we had
to much going on. I hope we can participate this year. We have
beautiful birds around Central Florida.

~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/



--- In [email protected], Joyce Fetteroll
<fetteroll@e...> wrote:
>
> I haven't done this yet since I keep forgetting, but here's the
> information. It looks like fun :-)
>
> The home page for it is:
> http://birdsource.org/gbbc/
>
> The Participating is Easy page is:
> http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/howTo.html
>
> Here's the beginning of their article on last year's count:
>
> 2005 Great Backyard Bird Count Results
> http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/summary.html
> Participants document ebb and flow of birdlife across the continent
>
> By Paul Green, Audubon director of citizen science, Chris Wood,
eBird
> project leader, and Brian Sullivan, eBird project leader
> Contributors: Sally Conyne, Stacy Peterson, and Rob Fergus
>
> During the 2005 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), tens of
thousands
> of people had a great time counting birds, provided some
fascinating
> information, and broke a few records. During the four-day count
of
> February 18-21, birders across North America reported more than
6.5
> million birds, shattering the previous record of 4.8 million set
in
> 2002. Participants submitted nearly 52,000 checklists, up 22
percent
> from last year, and tallied 613 bird species, surpassing the
previous
> record of 567. More than 1,000 photos were considered for the new
> online photo gallery, which features birds seen from around the
> continent during the count. At the GBBC web site, you can visit
the
> photo gallery, explore the results, and view the top-10 lists.
>
> Participants recorded birds in all 50 states and all but one
Canadian
> province and territory, capturing the tremendous geographic
variation
> in birds across the continent, from the 10 species reported in
the
> Northwest Territories to the 377 species reported from Texas.
>
> Joyce
> Answers to common unschooling questions:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~fetteroll/rejoycing/
> Blog of writing prompts for speculative fiction writers:
> http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/
>