Events
Great Backyard Bird Count 2021
Annual Great Backyard Bird Count at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve
Saturday, February 13, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
CANCELLED DUE TO ARCTIC TEMPERATURES
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and report their sightings online at birdcount.org. Anyone can take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count, from beginning bird watchers to experts, and you can participate from your backyard, or anywhere in the world. Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) was the first online citizen science project, also referred to as community science, to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real time.
Each checklist submitted during the GBBC helps researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society learn more about how birds are doing, and how to protect them and the environment we share. Last year, more than 160,000 participants submitted their bird observations online, creating the largest instantaneous snapshot of global bird populations ever recorded.
Members of the Louisville Audubon Society will help identify and count birds at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve, 12501 Harmony Landing Road, Goshen, Kentucky. We will not have an indoor presentation this year due to COVID restrictions, but we will have a socially distanced bird walk! Please dress in layers and wear comfortable shoes. Bring binoculars and lunch, if you’d like. Please register with Creasey Mahan so we know how many people to expect.
Saturday, February 13, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
CANCELLED DUE TO ARCTIC TEMPERATURES
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and report their sightings online at birdcount.org. Anyone can take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count, from beginning bird watchers to experts, and you can participate from your backyard, or anywhere in the world. Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) was the first online citizen science project, also referred to as community science, to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real time.
Each checklist submitted during the GBBC helps researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society learn more about how birds are doing, and how to protect them and the environment we share. Last year, more than 160,000 participants submitted their bird observations online, creating the largest instantaneous snapshot of global bird populations ever recorded.
Members of the Louisville Audubon Society will help identify and count birds at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve, 12501 Harmony Landing Road, Goshen, Kentucky. We will not have an indoor presentation this year due to COVID restrictions, but we will have a socially distanced bird walk! Please dress in layers and wear comfortable shoes. Bring binoculars and lunch, if you’d like. Please register with Creasey Mahan so we know how many people to expect.
Louisville Audubon Society’s Request for Grant Applications
In order to preserve birds and ecosystems for future generations, we must be willing to work toward a better future. Louisville Audubon provides grants for organizations working to conserve our local environment. We encourage applications from groups interested in birding, environmental conservation, restoration and education. The deadline is April 1, 2021.
The grant application form is available at www.LouisvilleAudubon.org, and the deadline is April 1, 2021. Grants will be awarded in May.
The grant application form is available at www.LouisvilleAudubon.org, and the deadline is April 1, 2021. Grants will be awarded in May.