Get ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count! Co-sponsored by National Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the GBBC is an annual chance to discover and help the birds in your community.

Take as little as 15 minutes to count the birds in a spot of your choice — your own backyard, a park, etc. Then post your results to eBird or the GBBC web site, to help create a snapshot in time of bird populations throughout North America.

We at Golden Gate Bird Alliance are sponsoring a Kids’ Bird Count at Lake Merritt on Saturday morning Feb. 16 as part of the GBBC. We’ll meet at the Rotary Nature Center by Lake Merritt. Time and more details to come soon.

For information on the Kids’ Bird Count, email Eco-Education Director Anthony DeCicco at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

Or to learn about the Great Backyard Bird Count, click here: