Join Us February 17-20, 2023

When the world comes together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds.

Be Part of a Global Event

Watch observations roll in from around the world. Each submitted checklist becomes a glowing light on our bird sightings map.

Share Your Sightings

The Great Backyard Bird Count uses eBird, one of the world’s largest nature databases. It stores more than 100 million bird sightings contributed each year and is used by professionals for science and conservation.

New to the Great Backyard Bird Count or to using eBird? Explore our How to Participate on options for entering your bird lists.

More information is available at this website: https://www.birdcount.org/