Join Global Big Day, 13 May!

If you like to get out in the spring sunshine and count birds, you should sign up to participate in eBird's annual Global Big Day on Saturday 13 May. The GBD is coordinated in Arizona by AZFO and supported by local Audubon societies, local bird clubs, and other interested organizations. With hundreds of volunteers in the field we will strive to get a "snapshot" of the spring migration, and most of all have fun! You can be flexible about the time you spend in the field, or you can just count birds in your yard. Our highest state total is 312. This year we aim to get the highest total in 20 years of the count for underbirded Greenlee County. The previous high was 134 in 2009, and last year the total was only 34. We are asking for volunteers from throughout the state to take this on as a special project. Please let state coordinator Doug Jenness (dougjennessATgmail.com) know if you are interested.

The count is organized by county, and if you want to volunteer, check out the list of county coordinators. If you are in a county that doesn't have a coordinator, please consider becoming one.