When: February 15, 2025 @ 9:00 am
Learn about the winter birds in your backyard while helping scientists!
Let’s get birdy! This walk is part of the Great Backyard Bird Count initiative, a global community science project that helps researchers understand how birds are doing before they undertake their great spring migration. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a scientist to attend! Though we will be collecting data to contribute to the Great Backyard Bird Count, our focus will be on strengthening our identification skills by discussing the birds we hear and see. This is a great opportunity for beginner birders to practice their skills before the migratory birds return, and a chance for seasoned birders to brush off the cobwebs before warbler season. This event is open to birders of all skill levels, from total newbies to total nerds.
This event is free and open to the public, including beginners, families, and folks with mobility concerns. Registration is not required, but is recommended. We will meet at the trailhead of the Jackson County Greenway (342 Old Cullowhee Rd, Sylva, NC 28779) at 9am on Saturday, February 15th, and arrive back at the trailhead at or before 12pm. The Jackson County Greenway is a 1-mile paved path that is accessible to mobility devices and strollers, and is mostly flat. Total distance covered during this event will be 2 miles or less, and restrooms are available at the trailhead. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing, and bring a water bottle as well as any additional tools you may want (such as binoculars, field guides, etc.) Binoculars will be available for those without their own. Those who participate in the Count on their own time before or after the walk are eligible to receive a free embroidered bird patch!
This event is weather-dependent. In the event of any scheduling changes, this posting and our social media will be updated, and any registered participants will be emailed. Please leave pets at home. Email Skye with any questions.
We encourage interested parties visit the Great Backyard Bird Count website to learn how you can become a community scientist on your own time and contribute your data to this global count. Birders of the Tuckaseegee Watershed holds semi-regular birding walks in the Sylva area, we hope to see you at the next one!
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