Archives for big year at home

Ready to learn more about our June Challenge to help birds with the Seven Simple Actions? Action #1 is “Turn out lights and treat windows to keep birds safe.” Joelle Gehring of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has some great suggestions for how you can treat your windows at home. Click through to find low-cost, attractive options for treating windows, and to learn how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking Action #1 of the Seven Simple Actions.

This new study from New South Wales estimates that “there are roughly 50 billion individual birds in the world… about six birds for every human on the planet.” Read more at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210517194658.htm. (By the way! Enjoying birds from home is a great first step to help that number stay at 50 billion!)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Houston Community Partnership and Engagement program presents, “Wild Birds.” Your host, Felice, takes you on an adventure to the W.G. Jones State Forest, west Galveston Bay, and the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge. Join her to learn more about the red-cockaded woodpecker, American oystercatcher, and the dancing, booming Attwater’s prairie chicken!

Being “at home” can mean different things to different people. It could mean that we’re in the place where we live most of the time, or it could mean something less obvious, too. Being at home it isn’t always about being in a place. What does being “at home” mean to you?

We updated our May flyer! Were you able to attend Bird Day Live events and participate in eBird’s Global Big Day? If not, you can still try our other challenges before May 31st! Click to learn more.

Jerome Ford introduces the #BigYearAtHome campaign

These challenges will help you start connecting with birds where you live. Explore the Merlin Bird ID app, Attend FREE Bird Day Live virtual events, and participate in community science with eBird.

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