February 17 – 19, 2017, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm every day
Helen C. Fenske Visitor Center
Join us for three days of birding fun. Be a citizen scientist and help count the birds at the feeders from inside the Visitor Center. Learn to identify common feeder birds. Ongoing activities for kids include: make a suet bird feeder to take home, play bird bingo for a prize; paint your own bird house gourd or a tree cookie ornament. Daily bird counts will be reported to Cornell Lab of Ornithology to aid in citizen science research.
Can’t tell a nuthatch from a woodpecker? No problem. We’ll help you learn how.
You’re an expert birder? We need you to help identify those confusing species.
Great Backyard Bird Count Schedule
Every Day – Indoors
10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Count the birds!
Volunteers will be on hand to help identify and count the species.
Bird Bingo for kids – play our game and win a prize!
Make a pine cone bird feeder to take home.
Learn how to begin birding.
Saturday, February 18
11:00 am – 2:00 pm: Paint a gourd bird house to take home.
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Guided bird walk along Pleasant Plains Road
Sunday, February 19
11:00 am – 2:00 pm: Decorate your own tree cookie ornament.
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Learn to identify common winter birds. Indoor presentation by naturalist Dorothy Smullen.
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Guided bird walk. Put your new bird identification skills to work.
This event is free and registration is not required. Join us!
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an international citizen science event. Bird watchers count and report all the birds they see. The objective is to create an annual snapshot of bird distribution and abundance around the world. This data is critical in wild bird research to find ways to protect these wild creatures for future generations.
Helen C. Fenske Visitor Center
32 Pleasant Plains Road
973-425-9510