The Great Backyard Bird Count Feb 13-16, 2015 About Claire

Roselee, I think the waxwings are all at our house, lol. Though, they've just about finished the tree off. We had a Cooper's hawk scare them away one day, but they came back to our tree two days later. I'm not familiar with that butterfly, but I'll bet it's beautiful. We've not had any butterflies at all, but we'll be down at the Butterfly farm this weekend... can't wait. (Daniel, if you're looking in, we'll be down in your neighborhood.) Here a pic of the waxwings and the hawk that chased them.

The count is continuing - this is the status as of about 6:15 PM Sunday, with one day to go. Black dots are checklists submitted worldwide. Yellow dots are new submissions as they're recorded. You can access the data from any checklist submitted globally; be it from your own state or some faraway country. Claire

Wrapping Up the Amazing 2020 GBBC Wow, Just Wow! The 2020 Great Backyard Bird Count exceeded all expectations and set the bar even higher when it comes to public participation in worldwide citizen-science events! This year's count smashed previous records for number of participants, checklists, and species reported. More than a quarter-of-a-million people were counting birds over the four days of the GBBC this year! Species: 6,942 Checklists: 249,444 Estimated Participants: 268,674 Our top-10 list for species appearing on the greatest number of checklists shows the Northern Cardinal once again in the top spot. Changes compared to year: White-breasted Nuthatch got knocked out of the tenth spot, replaced by the Red-bellied Woodpecker--a species that has been expanding its range in recent years. House Sparrow and American Crow swapped places, with the sparrow moving up two notches. All other species are in the same position as during the last GBBC. SpeciesNumber of Checklists The top-10 list above reflects species common in the United States and Canada because of continued high participation in the region. Record-breaking participation from other countries generated valuable data documenting the diversity of species across the globe. See the top-10 list below of countries reporting the greatest number of species--always a hotly-contested race in bird-rich Central and South America. Peru and Mexico swapped places but otherwise the list remains unchanged compared to last year, although in nearly every case, these countries set new species records. U.S. participants reported slightly fewer species than last year. (Asterisks indicate a new species record for the GBBC.) CountryNumber of Species See which countries, provinces, and states made the top 10 in other categories and read our full 2020 GBBC summary report.