Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real time. Each February, for four days, people around the world are invited to spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find and reporting them to the project. These observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations. You can participate at home by visiting www.birdcount.org
For four days—February 12 through February 15, 2021— Dharma's Garden participated in this global movement to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds
The Great Backyard Bird Count