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The Great Backyard Bird CountFRIDAY - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 - 15, 2010
It's that time of year again! Time to count our neighborhood feathered friends for the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count sponsored nationally by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. The whole family can be citizen scientists and enjoy learning more about birds by counting the birds in your own backyard. The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent and Hawaii. Anyone can participate, from beginning birders to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event. It'd free, fun and easy - and it helps the birds! For more information about the GBBC visit: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ The Bob Jones Nature Center is here to help as well! Nature Center GBBC
Great Ready! What to do before the GBBC weekend.... If you have not done so, now is the time to put up a clean, seed filled bird feeder to begin attracting birds to your backyard. Come out to the Bob Jones Nature Center to learn more about birds from the GBBBC Bird Exhibit. Practice observing birds, hike the trails at the Bob Jones Nature Center. Join us for the BJNC member event: Dinner for the Birds with Dr. Ray Chancellor on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 PM. Enjoy a chili dinner, work on your bird identification skills, win door prizes. Free to members, non-members $15. Be sure to RSVP 817-939-1110. Join the Southlake Ornithological Society for a bird walk - January 30th, February 3rd, 7th or 13th - Hikes During the GBBC Weekend.... Volunteers will be available during the weekend to help answer questions from visitors on bird identification, how to count and complete the GBBC forms on the following days and times: Friday, February 12, 9 AM to 4 PM Saturday, February 13, 9 AM to 12 PM Sunday, February 14, 1 PM to 4PM Monday, February 15, 9 AM to 4PM Bird Identification Hotline! Observing a bird that you can't identify? Call 940-765-0035 for assistance. Bird Identification help by email! Able to get a photo of a bird that you can't identify? Send your photo to bobjonesnaturecenter@hotmail.com Join us at the center during the event weekend for bird crafts for the young or young at heart, practice identifying bird songs or take a hike on our trails with a bird exploration backpack (available for check out for a small fee). Wonderful bird gifts available in our gift shop. |
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