Join the Great Backyard Bird Count - Saturday Feb 16

From Wayne Pridemore's back yard: American Robins

"American Robins are very common birds in the Northwest. You'll find them on lawns, trees, fields, city parks, woodlands, forests, and mountains.They are the quintessential early bird which finds the worm. They are popular because their cheery song and warm orange breast."

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual event of National Audubon with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to get a real-time snapshot of where birds are.

Locally, the Puget Sound Bird Observatory (PSBO) is putting their own spin on the event by creating a "Tweets and Treats" Progressive event:  The group will count at five different 'backyards', starting in Lake Forest Park, moving to Shoreline and then finish in South Snohomish County.

Data collected will be synthesized with information from other citizen science observations to get a big picture view of bird populations. Starts at 8:30am and ends around 1pm.You do not need to be an expert bird watcher to take part, but RSVPs are required to reserve your spot and get directions to the starting location.

  

Contact Cindy Easterson 425-876-1055,