Calendar
When:
February 18, 2022 @ 12:01 am – February 21, 2022 @ 11:59 pm
2022-02-18T00:01:00-05:00
2022-02-21T23:59:00-05:00
Cost:
Free
Cross Mound Park (11615 16th Rd SW Stoutsville, OH 43154) Lockville Canal Park (5895 Pickerington Rd Carroll, OH 43112) Mambourg Park (5531 Cincinnati-Zanesville Rd NE Lancaster, OH 43130) Sensory Trail Park (739 College Av Lancaster, OH 43130) Smeck Park (7395 Basil Rd Baltimore, OH 43105) Stebelton Park at Rock Mill (1429 Rockmill Place NW Lancaster, OH 43130) Two Glaciers Park (2260 McDonald Rd SW Lancaster, OH 43130) Zeller Park (8475 Benadum Rd Carroll, OH 43112)

25th Annual GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT – February 18-21, 2022

25th Annual GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT

February 18-21, 2022

Grab your binoculars, camera, note pad and pens, bundle up, and head outside for a bit of fun!  Tally the kinds and numbers of birds you see in a 15-minute or longer period, then submit the info online at birdcount.org.  We invite you to any of our parks on one or more days of the count.

*Wahkeena Nature Preserve is not open at this time because of construction projects now underway.

If you cannot come out, that’s ok.  You can participate from the warmth of your own home!  Just report what you see through a window.

Great Backyard Bird Count is providing a free webinar that will help you “brush up on bird ID, unlock the mystery of bird songs, and practice counting birds no matter how large the flock or busy the feeder. This webinar is designed for birders of all ages and experience—you’ll leave confident and ready to be part of the GBBC!”  They also provide a free, printable Common Feeder Birds poster that can help with identification.  An Ohio Backyard Bird Count checklist of birds regularly seen in February in Ohio has been provided by Birding Central Ohio and James Muller.

To see comments, updates, or to post photos you take during this GBBC, follow this event on Facebook.

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE

If you have a fantastic photo you took during this program, especially if it was taken at one of our locations, and would be willing to let us use it to promote the park district, please submit an original, high-resolution JPG/JPEG file.  HEIC and any other compressed files cannot be used.  Go to the Submit-a-Photo page or call 740 652-4422 for assistance during office hours.