I’m a member of Project FeederWatch. What this basically means is that I count birds every weekend and upload my totals to the website. Cornell University uses that data to track bird migrations and other neat stuff. Apparently registrations are down this year, so they’ve asked the current members to forward the following text around. Counting for PFW is pretty cheap entertainment for only $15 (the cost of the program). In my time as a member, I’ve learned a great deal about my local birds and you can too — so, sign up!
Project FeederWatch needs your help to keep track of the birds at your feeders this winter. Count birds as often as two days each week from November 11 to April 6. Your counts will help scientists monitor changes in feeder bird populations. New participants receive a research kit with easy to follow instructions, the FeederWacther’s handbook, a bird-identification poster, a calendar, and a subscription to the newsletter of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (U.S.) or Bird Studies Canada (Canada). For more information or to sign up in the U.S., please visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/ or call (800) 843-2473; if in Canada, please visit http://www.bsc-eoc.org/national/pfw.html or call (888) 448-2473. A $15 fee ($35 in Canada) makes the program possible.
