Birders Around the World Help Track ‘the Heartbeats of the Planet’ - Inside Climate News Launched three decades ago, the Great Backyard Bird Count mobilizes citizen scientists to monitor bird populations and advance research.

I participated in the #GBBC all four days! insideclimatenews.org/news/2402202...

Het is #zondag en op #zondagmiddag probeer ik altijd op zijn minst een paar uurtjes te #studeren (voor het Bachelor Biblical Studies) via Global Baptist Bible College: gbbc.net

#theologie #gbbc #baptist #bibelcollege #pentateuch

Bushtits feeding on sunflower chips

#birds #bushtit #birding #gbbc

2/2 …a Downy Woodpecker, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a Dark-eyed Junco. 103 birds over 6 half-hour chunks. #GBBC #winter #birds #capebreton

A downy woodpecker at a backyard feeder suet block. The surroundings are snowy. The woodpecker has a white breast, with black-and-white mottled wings and black back and head. It has a short, pointed beak and one red spot at the back of the head.

A red-breasted nuthatch nestles among the winter branches of a weigela shrub. He has an orange-red breast and black cap, with a white eye-stripe.

My Great Backyard Bird Count tally included: Canada Geese, Rock Pigeons, Herring Gulls, Blue Jays, American Crows, Black-capped Chickadees, European Starlings, Goldfinches, Mallard Ducks, Song Sparrows...1/2 #GBBC #birds #winter #CapeBreton

A dark-eyed junco in watercolor features a dark gray head and brown feathers that blend into the forest floor where they forage.

Dark-eyed Junco in watercolor

Art in Nature Series -
Original artwork overlaid on a nature photo by Tim Knight

#birds #feathruary #junco #birding #birdartist #SciArt #watercolorbird #gbbc

Black-eyed Junco with a gray hood and brown wings stands on a fence in the rain

Black-eyed Junco in the rain

Spotted twenty juncos foraging on the ground under a red cedar tree

#birds #junco #gbbc #birding #birb

Anna’s hummingbird female feeding in the rain - video

#birds #birding #gbbc #hummingbird #birdvideo

Red-tailed hawk
Tumwater, WA 🪶

#gbbc #backyardbirdcount #tumwater #hawk #buteo #ornithology #passerine #raptor #redtailedhawk #birds #naturalist #pnw #birding #nikon #olympia

American Robin
Tumwater, WA 🪶

#ornithology #birds #backyardbirdcount #gbbc #robin #passerine #photography #nikon #birding #pnw #naturalist #americanrobin

This is a list of checklists submitted as of ~10:30 am CST on Feb. 16. Yours truly ranks 20,250th with the 3 checklists (one per day) over the 4-day weekend; I'll do another this afternoon. The actual checklist leaders include 5 people who have already submitted >300 checklists since 12:00 am on Friday!

From 12:00 am on 13 Feb to 11:59 pm on 16 Feb there are 384 blocks of 15 minutes.

The theoretical maximum number of 15-minute checklists one can submit for the #GreatBackyardBirdCount is 384, and it looks like 3 lunatics are on pace to hit that!

#GBBC #eBird #birding #communityscience

Participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count by routinely staring out my back door for 15 minutes because it's cold and my back hurts. disabled birder life #gbbc

A small chickadee with a dark brown head, sides, and back, sits on a spray of cedar needles.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Always at least X (present) on our backyard checklists in the winter
#WinterSurvivors #BirdOfTheDay #GBBC #ebird

Eastern towhee yesterday at Cranberry Marsh, Ontario, Canada.

Eastern towhee yesterday at Cranberry Marsh, Ontario, Canada.

Eastern towhee yesterday at Cranberry Marsh, Ontario, Canada.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is in full swing this weekend! It has been a great weekend of birding so far, and among the stars is this eastern towhee yesterday at Cranberry Marsh in #Ontario #Canada 🍁 Good luck today, and hopefully you all get a lifer. #GBBC #birds #birding #nature #birdphotography

Sparrowhawk sitting on the back fence, looking into the wooded area out back.

Look who showed up for the final day of the Great Backyard Bird Count! 😱😍
#Birds #GBBC #Sparrowhawk #Photography

a fat little bird with a short beak and little yellow blotches on its wings and on the top of its head

it's the last day of the science across nc bird count weekend! you need to log 3 sessions of 15 minutes each with the eBird app by the end of monday, 16 feb. you can set the merlin app going to identify their songs. here's a lil yellow-rumped warbler. #birds #gbbc scienceacrossnc.org/events/birds/

#BirdsSeenIn2026, #Ecuador, #Manabi

Between and sometimes during rains today, more birds showed up for the #GBBC weekend.

Chivi Vireo, Ecuadorian Piculet, Giant Cowbird (near Shiny Cowbird), Gray-cheeked Parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhoptera= yay!)

A young Anna’s hummingbird with shiny green and yellow feathers feeding at night

A young Anna’s hummingbird feeding at night

Note the yellow pollen on its beak

#birds #hummingbird #birb #gbbc

Anna’s hummingbird male perched on a horizontal branch

Can you find the tiny hummingbird?

It’s on a favorite perch when resting.

#birds #annashummingbird #gbbc #birding #hummingbird #birdwatching #birb

🦚 Launched in 1998 by @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and @audubon.org (soon joined by @birdscanada.bsky.social in 2009), the observations collected by the Great Backyard Bird Count help scientists to better understand global bird populations before one of the annual migrations. #GBBC2026 #GBBC #birds

A close-up photograph shows a small chestnut-backed chickadee perched on a blue plastic bar. The bird has a dark brown cap, white cheeks, a black bib, and a reddish-brown back with a greyish-white underside. It is looking slightly to the left. Below the blue bar is a red plastic feeder tray with raised triangular markings and black sunflower seeds. The background is a soft-focus green lawn and trees with a wooden fence and another bird feeder in the distance under a cloudy sky.

A close-up photograph captures a male Lesser Goldfinch in bright yellow breeding plumage, with a black cap and wings and a black-and-white tail, perched on the blue plastic bar of a bird feeder. The bird is tilted, looking down and to the right at the red plastic base below, which features raised triangular designs and a few scattered black and white sunflower seeds. The background is a soft-focus green lawn and trees with a distant bird feeder under a bright, overcast sky.

The photo captures a close-up profile of a small songbird, likely a California Towhee. Its plumage is a soft, muted brown with subtle, darker streaks along its wings and chest. The bird is perched on a weathered wooden surface, positioned to the left of a decorative, brown seed feeder sculpted into the shape of a bird.

A dark-colored bird, likely a swallow or a phoebe, with a lighter-colored underside, is perched on the ridge of a dark, shingled roof against a pale, overcast sky • Upperparts: The head, back, wings, and tail appear as a deep, dark charcoal or near-black. Depending on the light, these areas might show a subtle, iridescent blue or green sheen. • Underparts: The chest and belly are a muted white or pale grey, providing a sharp break from the dark feathers above. • Bill and Eyes: These are small and dark, blending into the silhouette of the head. Based on these colors and the sleek silhouette, this is very likely a Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). They are known for their "tuxedo" appearance and the habit of perching prominently on rooftops or fences while hunting for insects.

I didn’t take my good camera outside for very long yesterday because of the rain, but I got a couple of shots and the Birdbuddy feeder got a couple nice ones. Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Lesser Goldfinch, California Towhee, Black Phoebe #Birds #GBBC #Sonoma #California #Nature

Keep counting #birds today #GBBC

“With 7519 species at halftime, there's still birds to find. Let's try to exceed last year's total tally of 8,078!

Here is a brief run-down of the results as of about 10am ET, U.S. 700,000 birders 7,519 species identified

https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

The eagle has landed

Watching crows flying, then spotted a Bald Eagle flying then landed on a tall evergreen tree near Lake Washington

#birds #eagle #gbbc #birding

Four tom turkeys and one hen. The toms are in full courtship plumage.

A flock of turkeys in a residential front yard.

Two tom turkeys.

It’s a four-tom Sunday morning. #turkeys #greatbackyardbirdcount #gbbc

Go bird-watching this weekend and support a global community science project Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive community science project

www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...
#CornellLabOfOrnithology
#GBBC
#citizen-science
#birdwatching

Better on not-a-phone but amusing to watch! EBird live submissions map:
ebird.org/livesubs

#coffeeBirding #gbbc #greatBackyardBirdCount #gbbc2026

Good evening from Two Rivers, Alaska. The redpolls have gone nuts. I filled this feeder in late morning. #GBBC Ravens, Canada Jays, blackcapped chickadees spotted today. The nuthatches and pine grosbeaks have been MIA for a couple of days.

There's still two days left for the Great Backyard Bird Count! Get outside and eBird for 15 minutes or more and join thousands of people all over the world to document birds! #GBBC @birdscanada.bsky.social

2026 Great Backyard Bird Count - Team Birds Canada - eBird Trip Report 13 Feb, 2026 – 16 Feb, 2026. Created by Yousif Attia

Great Backyard Bird Count is on (Feb 13-16) and I’m contributing to a Team Birds Canada trip report. 22 colleagues coast to coast organized by @biophylia.bsky.social. 128 species so far (prairie girl here is at 12 😂). The map is interesting 👀 #birds #GBBC

If you need me this weekend, I'll be birdwatching 👀
#gbbc #greatbackyardbirdcount #birdwatching #birds #🪶