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Ga. Birding Events - 2009
Found this in a DNR newsletter
Birdwatchers are mobilizing en masse for these events:
A midwinter waterbird survey on Georgia’s coast Jan. 16. The census led by the Wildlife Resources Division and conducted each year since 1996 covers all barrier islands beaches to count and ID every shorebird, seabird, wading bird and waterfowl seen. The 2008 survey counted an estimated 103,003 birds and about 40 species.
The Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 13-16. 2008 marked a fourth consecutive record in checklists: 85,725. Georgia ranked fifth in species spotted, Savannah second among “localities.” Join the citizen-science effort Cornell Lab of Ornithology Director John Fitzpatrick calls “a vital link in the arsenal of continent-wide bird-monitoring projects.”
Georgia’s Youth Birding Competition April 25-26. The third annual event in 2008 recorded the most participants (126), species spotted or heard (approximately 200) and money raised for conservation ($3,642).
Birdwatchers are mobilizing en masse for these events:
A midwinter waterbird survey on Georgia’s coast Jan. 16. The census led by the Wildlife Resources Division and conducted each year since 1996 covers all barrier islands beaches to count and ID every shorebird, seabird, wading bird and waterfowl seen. The 2008 survey counted an estimated 103,003 birds and about 40 species.
The Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 13-16. 2008 marked a fourth consecutive record in checklists: 85,725. Georgia ranked fifth in species spotted, Savannah second among “localities.” Join the citizen-science effort Cornell Lab of Ornithology Director John Fitzpatrick calls “a vital link in the arsenal of continent-wide bird-monitoring projects.”
Georgia’s Youth Birding Competition April 25-26. The third annual event in 2008 recorded the most participants (126), species spotted or heard (approximately 200) and money raised for conservation ($3,642).