Cornell Cooperative Extension Invites You to Get Ready for The Great Backyard Bird Count Upcoming Webinar - FREE Live YouTube Event!
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is almost here! This February, bird and nature lovers of all skill levels and abilities will unite to tally as many of the world’s bird species as possible over four days.
Tune into a fun and beginner-friendly webinar all about how you can participate in this year’s GBBC on Thursday, February 5 at 3 p.m. ET or Wednesday, February 11 at 7 p.m. ET.
Webinar: How to Participate in the 2026 Great Backyard Bird Count
Join this one-hour live event to discover tips, tricks, and ideas to prepare for the GBBC, a fun and impactful global community science event! In this webinar, GBBC team members will share how to participate with confidence, while special guest and author of Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder Julia Zarankin explores beginner birding and the love and joy of backyard birds.
Taking place February 13–16, the Great Backyard Bird Count is an inter-organizational effort between Audubon, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Birds Canada. Anyone can take part in the GBBC, from beginning bird watchers to experts, and you can participate from your backyard, a public park, or anywhere in the world. To learn more about the Backyard Bird Count, visit birdcount.org.
CCE Cattaraugus invites you to join us on Friday, February 13th – 2:00pm at 28 Parkside Drive, Ellicottville to kick off the GBBC weekend. We will be making suet to help our Winter feathered friends and take time to watch and count the birds from our own beautiful backyard!
Contact Kim at kkr35 [at] cornell.edu or 716-699-2377 ext. 106 for more information.
