Join Us February 17-20, 2023

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

Carolina Chickadee by Brad Imhoff/Macaulay Library

Birds are everywhere, all the time, doing fascinating things! Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count for four days in February to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. People from around the world spend these four days in their favorite places, connecting to the birds around their homes and in their community. Whether you see one bird or hundreds over the weekend, we want to share in your joy of watching birds and connecting to nature. Count the birds you see for as little as 15 minutes on one of the four days. Then, submit your bird list to be part of a global movement to better understand how bird populations are doing. Your participation matters. Il est important que vous participiez! Tu participación importa. Your participation connects you to the beauty that lives around you while helping scientists better monitor and protect birds around the world. Work with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society, and Birds Canada in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count. We look forward to spending this fun, special event with you. Join us! Únete a nosotros! Soyez des nôtres!

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Connect to Birds, to Nature, and with Each Other

Birds are everywhere, all the time, doing fascinating things. Join us, February 17-20, 2023, when the world comes together for the love of birds.

How to Participate

Collage of people from around the world birding. — Photos clockwise from top left: Sujan Henkanaththegeda/GBBC; Maria Joao Chambel/GBBC; Julie Bruhnke/GBBC; Freya McGregor/Birdability.

Be Part of a Global Event

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

Explore 2022 Data

Check Out the 2022 Halftime Report

Tap or click the image to see Merlin and eBird submissions during the Great Backyard Bird Count on Saturday, February 19, 2022. Yellow dots indicate a checklist submission, which revert to a white dot in the background.

With Gratitude

We are still crunching the data but there is no doubt we broke more records in 2022 and more importantly, we all came together for the birds. Thank you for your participation.

Watch Thank You Video

Tap or click the image to see a collection of the images that came in during GBBC 2022.

Showcase Your Photos from the Count

We enjoy seeing your pictures from the count. Share pictures of birds, yourself, and others birdwatching in your yards or at your favorite birding spots.

Learn How to Share Photos

People and bird images from GBBC events. — Top row: Cheryl Taylor, U.S.; Olive-backed Sunbird by Amar-Singh HSS; Luke Parry, U.S.; Northern Pygmy-Owl by Liam Hutcheson. Second row: House Wren (Southern) by Phillip Edwards; Tiare Rivera, Chile; Eastern Bluebird by Brad Imhoff; Samantha Pitts, U.S.. Third row: Medardo Curz-López, Mexico; Northern Cardinal by Micah Hale; Uma Pandiya, Qatar; Red-breasted Merganser by Frank Lin.

Share Your Birds with Us

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.

Enter Your Bird List Into eBird

If you already use eBird or Merlin keep doing what you are doing! All entries over the 4-days count towards GBBC.

Common Redshank on one foot. — Common Redshank by Ben Lucking/Macaulay Library

Mother birding with child in snow. — Jamie Burris/GBBC

We all need an incentive to get outside mid-winter and look for birds beyond what we can see from our windows. It’s fun to see the little flashes of light on the map when we submit our counts, among the thousands around the world, and we know our data matter.
Barb Gorges, Wyoming, United States