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Download, print, or send our news release to local media outlets or organizations to spread the word about this special international bird count. Please encourage reporters to use images from our social media page for their stories. Or, media outlets…

While the world comes together for the birds during GBBC, sometimes it’s fun to review the accomplishments of your local community, county, region, or State/Province/Territory.

Trip Reports are a new tool from eBird to help you summarize your bird observations from the 4-day count in a single, sharable report. This includes Merlin Bird IDs! Put all your birds in one place!

Two free mobile apps make it convenient to enter your sightings during the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Merlin Bird ID helps you identify a bird and then lets you enter your sighting right then and there.

eBird Mobile is a full-featured listing…

Welcome! If you are NEW to the Great Backyard Bird Count and have a smartphone, we recommend using the Merlin Bird ID app to participate. (No smartphone? Here’s how to enter your data on a computer.)

Using Merlin Bird ID in…

Welcome! If you have previously entered data for the Great Backyard Bird Count, or tried Merlin Bird ID and now want to enter more birds, we recommend you use the eBird Mobile app to enter your bird sightings.

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With eBird…

Welcome! If you want to enter your bird(s) for the Great Backyard Bird Count on a computer and/or don’t have a smartphone, we’ll walk you through how to enter data on a desktop or laptop.

Submit Data to eBird on Computer

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This counting approach is popular among birding community groups that count together, but only one person feels comfortable entering the bird list.

Identify the leader responsible for collecting the entire list of birds from the group count.

All the birds need to…

The Great Backyard Bird Count has aired on several recent Podcasts. Tune in to learn more about the count.