February 23, 2009

For the Birds!

Every year Audubon has the Great Backyard Bird Count and here on Cape Cod we had the Focus on Feeders Program, all to help them find out how populous certain species are and acting like a citizen scientist, we are happy to help! They use the amount of birds counted in each state which is collected by the states Audubon group to figure out how wide spread a bird is and its population. This year we participated in the Focus on Feeders program count and it was a great way to watch birds in your backyard and something fun to do in the wintertime. Every morning my sister and I love to sit in our kitchen and watch the birds at our bird feeders while we eat breakfast (we have 3 feeders and 3 suet feeders.)
According to Mass Audubon , “In the more than 40 years since Mass Audubon began asking Massachusetts residents to report their observations, much has changed in the bird and birding landscape. More species characteristic of southern climates have expanded into the state (Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker), the World Wide Web has revolutionized communication and data reporting and analysis, and numerous other organizations have added their own "feeder watch" programs.”
The Peterson’s Field Guide for Young Birders says, “Birding is one of North America’s fastest growing and most popular hobbies. There are as many as 44 million bird watchers in the U.S.”
We sometimes take pictures from our kitchen window of our bird friends. Here are a few we have taken we even named some that visit us often:


If you want more information about birds watching and bird counts go to these links:
http://www.massaudubon.org/Birds_and_Birding/FoF/
http://www.massaudubon.org/Birds_and_Birding/
http://www.virtualbirder.com
http://massbird.org/Features/Massbird.htm
http://www.enature.com/home/Finall, here is a word seacrh Jamie and I did for you, For the Birds. Have fun!

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