The 13th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count

This year, my wife and I decided to participate in the 13th annual great backyard bird count. This four day event was held from February 12 – 15th, 2010, which allowed bird watchers of all ages to count birds during these four days to help create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent and in Hawaii.

Even though it snowed here in western West Virginia every day during the backyard bird count, there was a great turnout at our bird feeders. We counted fourteen different types of birds at our feeders throughout the four days including red headed woodpecker, female and male hairy woodpeckers, female and male red bellied woodpeckers, mourning doves, American goldfinch, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, female and male downy woodpeckers, Carolina chickadee, male and female northern cardinals, tufted titmouse, American crows, white-breasted nuthatch, and male and female pileated woodpeckers.

Here are some photos from our backyard bird feeders during the 2010 13th annual great backyard bird count.

Photo of Hairy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch at Bird Feeder

Photo of Male Red Bellied Woodpecker Flying from Bird Feeder

Photo of Titmouse at Backyard Bird Feeder

Photo of Carolina Chickadee Waiting for Turn at Bird Feeder

To learn more about the annual great backyard bird count and to see the 2010 results visit http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/