In a message dated 2/15/06 11:37:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Project  FeederWatch Electronic Newsletter
February 15, 2006

The Great  Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is this 
week, Friday, February 17 through  Monday, 
February 20. During any or all of those days, we 
hope you will  count birds from wherever you are 
and send your tallies to the Great  Backyard Bird 
Count web site at 
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/. As  data pour in 
from around the United States and Canada, you'll 
be able  to see how your sightings are 
contributing to a continental picture  showing 
where the birds are.

The rules for counting for the Great  Backyard 
Bird Count are a little different than for 
FeederWatch. For  the Great Backyard Bird Count 
you can report any birds you see, even those  
birds flying overhead that don't count for 
FeederWatch. You can also  submit a separate 
checklist for each locale on every day that you  
count.

If you would like to include data from a 
FeederWatch  count day, you need to submit your 
data separately to the GBBC web site in  order for 
your counts to appear in the GBBC maps and  
tallies.

This year's Great Backyard Bird Count includes a  
contest for localities with the highest number of 
checklists. A panel  from the Lab and Audubon will 
also select the best photos submitted to the  
online photo gallery. Check out last year's 
photos at  http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/gallery/.

To see the Top-10 lists of  birds and localities 
from last year, visit  
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/top10

You can see which birds  were reported in your 
area in previous years by checking out the  
results section on the GBBC web site  
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/results.








Project FeederWatch Electronic Newsletter
February 15, 2006

The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is this 
week, Friday, February 17 through Monday, 
February 20. During any or all of those days, we 
hope you will count birds from wherever you are 
and send your tallies to the Great Backyard Bird 
Count web site at 
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/. As data pour in 
from around the United States and Canada, you'll 
be able to see how your sightings are 
contributing to a continental picture showing 
where the birds are.

The rules for counting for the Great Backyard 
Bird Count are a little different than for 
FeederWatch. For the Great Backyard Bird Count 
you can report any birds you see, even those 
birds flying overhead that don't count for 
FeederWatch. You can also submit a separate 
checklist for each locale on every day that you 
count.

If you would like to include data from a 
FeederWatch count day, you need to submit your 
data separately to the GBBC web site in order for 
your counts to appear in the GBBC maps and 
tallies.

This year's Great Backyard Bird Count includes a 
contest for localities with the highest number of 
checklists. A panel from the Lab and Audubon will 
also select the best photos submitted to the 
online photo gallery. Check out last year's 
photos at http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/gallery/.

To see the Top-10 lists of birds and localities 
from last year, visit 
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/top10

You can see which birds were reported in your 
area in previous years by checking out the 
results section on the GBBC web site 
http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/results.

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