American Birds Winter 2025

February 11, 2025
by RJ Hamster

AMERICAN BIRDS | WINTER 2025

The Great Backyard Bird Count starts Friday!

Join us for the 28th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) from Friday, February 14, through Monday, February 17, 2025. Bird and nature lovers everywhere, of all skill levels and all abilities, unite in the effort to tally as many global bird species as possible over these four days. Participating is easy, fun to do alone or with others, and can be done anywhere. Count birds from your backyard, local park, or wherever you spot them – it’s that simple! Find a group count near you with our community map, or get out and count on your own or with friends.

Black-capped Chickadee. Photo: Prabu Vasan/Audubon Photography Awards

Anna’s Hummingbird. Photo: Rick Derevan/Audubon Photography Awards

Enter the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards

Don’t miss your chance to participate in one of the most celebrated bird photography competitions; submissions close March 5! This nature photography competition celebrates the beauty and diversity of birds by honoring the best photos and videos of birdlife. This year, the Audubon Photography Awards will offer new sets of prizes for entrants on two continents—spanning, just as birds do, vibrant cultures and vital ecosystems across the Western Hemisphere. Learn about contest rules and how to enter here.

A participant in the Christmas Bird Count birding in Ramble, Central Park, NYC, December 14th 2014. Photo: Camilla Cerea/Audubon

125 Years of Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count

Audubon’s hemispheric community science program just had its 125th season! From humble beginnings in 1900 with just 27 enthusiastic bird enthusiasts to today’s network of over 80,000 volunteers, North America’s longest running community science project has changed and grown in many ways throughout its long history. Read about how the 125th count went in Central Park, one of the first CBC locations!

OTHER NEWS

News from the Science Desk

A recent workshop was held in Colombia to launch a pilot Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) program for the Conserva Aves Initiative. PAM involves installing recorders that collect and identify the vocalizations of birds, allowing scientists to monitor bird populations in protected areas without needing to be physically present in the field. Learn more about this exciting program here.

Keel-billed Toucan. Photo: Jean Hall/Audubon Photography Awards

Support Audubon: Bird Buddy partners with National Audubon Society

Bird Buddy, inventor of Smart Bird Feeder technology, has become an official partner to the National Audubon Society. In teaming up with Audubon, Bird Buddy plans to scale up its community science platform, Heartbeat, to help scientists study climate change and its impact on bird species. Learn more about this partnership here.

Redpoll, female, Cook county, Illinois. Photo: Susan Szeszol/Audubon Photography Awards

Photos from the top: Prabu Vasan/Audubon Photography Awards, Rick Derevan/Audubon Photography Awards, Camilla Cerea/Audubon, Jean Hall/Audubon Photography Awards, Susan Szeszol/Audubon Photography Awards

Learn More

National Audubon Society
225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA
(844) 428-3826 | audubon.org

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