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  • Data Entry Contest: What Have You Witnessed At Your Feeder?

    For the seventh season in a row, Project FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the chance to win prizes. This year, Celestron is joining the fun and offering one pair of binoculars to each…

  • Rare Sighting: A Red-cockaded Woodpecker

    It’s not often that FeederWatch participants report endangered species in their backyard. This past August, long-time FeederWatcher Chuck Gehringer spotted a Red-cockaded Woodpecker at his home in Pinehurst, North Carolina. 

    These small birds are identified by a black-and-white striped back, a…

  • New Site List Feature

    Project FeederWatch is delighted to announce the release of a new Site List feature. For each site, you can see which birds species you have reported, the percentage of your counts for that site that included each species, the percentage…

  • A small thrush with bright blue above and a rusty orange throat and chest perches on top of a nest box, while another small thrush with similar, but subdued coloration peeks its head out of the nest box hole below.
    Data Entry Contest: What’s Your Favorite Feeder Bird?

    For the sixth season in a row, Project FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the chance to win prizes. After entering bird counts (data) into the FeederWatch website, participants have the opportunity to share…

  • A stocky, metallic green hummingbird with a straight bill hovers under a yellow flower as it drinks the flower's nectar.
    Data Entry Contest: Backyard Bird Havens

    For the sixth season in a row, Project FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the chance to win prizes. After entering bird counts (data) into the FeederWatch website, participants have the opportunity to share…

  • A large black and white woodpecker with a bright red crest and cheek stripe forages for seeds in a magnolia tree.
    Data Entry Contest: Describe How You Became Interested in Birds!

    For the sixth season in a row, Project FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the chance to win prizes. After entering bird counts (data) into the FeederWatch website, participants have the opportunity to share…

  • Small, drab yellow finch perched on pine branch.
    Data Entry Contest: How do you FeederWatch?

    For the sixth season in a row, Project FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the chance to win prizes. After entering bird counts (data) into the FeederWatch website, participants have the opportunity to share…

  • a yellow and black-patterned warbler perched on an orange bird bath
    Data Entry Contest: What are you most excited for this season?

    For the sixth season in a row, Project FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the chance to win prizes. After entering bird counts (data) into the FeederWatch website, participants have the opportunity to share…

  • Methods Behind the Madness: Why Only Count the Most Birds Seen at Once?

    You’ve just sat down in your living room under a cozy blanket with a steaming mug of fresh coffee to begin your FeederWatch count. You watch for an hour as chickadees race back and forth to your feeder from deep…