Great Backyard Bird Count || Audubon de México, A.C.

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  • Audubon de México Outdoor Activities

    Great Backyard Bird Count

    Fri, Feb 15-Mon, Feb 18
    Various Locations and Times

    audubondemexico@gmail.com
    (044) 415-119-4671


    Help Count the World’s Birds in the Great Backyard Bird Count!

    By Signe Hammer and April Gaydos

    Come join the Great Backyard Bird Count and help add San Miguel’s birds to the annual census of birds worldwide. Every year, during four days in February, people of all ages in over 100 countries count birds. Last year, bird watchers reported a record 6,456 species–more than half the world’s known total. Mexico alone reported 780 species, behind only Colombia (996) and India (832).

    Scientists use information from the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), along with observations from other citizen-science projects, to get the “big picture” about what is happening to bird populations. The longer these data are collected, the more meaningful they become in helping scientists investigate such far-reaching questions as how weather and climate change will affect bird populations.

    Anyone, from beginner to expert, can take part by joining our GBBC events or counting the birds in their own backyard:

    Join the Audubon birdwalk on Sunday, February 17, 7:45am-noon. For adults and children 10 and up with parents. In English. Participants will find and count a variety of local and wintering birds along a quiet, tree-lined stretch of the Rio Laja. Transportation by carpool. Meet in front of the Instituto Allende at 7:45 am. We will have a few pairs of binoculars to lend to adults, and telescopes for everyone to look through. No registration necessary. Audubon de México members free, non-members 200 pesos or $10US per person. (Look for our full birdwalk announcement in next week’s Atencion.)

    Kayak on the Presa Allende, Monday, February 18, 9:30am-1pm. For adults and children 15 and up with parents. Limited to 12 people; preregistration necessary. In English. With our experienced guides, see and count songbirds in the trees along the Rio Laja channel as well as waterfowl and waders such as pelicans, cormorants, ducks and egrets in the open water. Audubon de México members 100 pesos per person; nonmembers 200 pesos. To register: email audubondemexico@gmail.com with first and last name, email address and phone number of each person in party, plus the number of one-person rental kayaks (200 pesos additional per person) needed. We’ll provide directions to the boathouse and coordinate transportation for those who need rides.

    Count birds in your own backyard Friday to Monday, February 15-18. If you are familiar with our local birds, you can participate in the GBBC by counting the birds in your own back (or front) yard or local park. It only takes 15 minutes a day, for as many of the four days as you’d like. Please contact audubondemexico@gmail.com to preregister and get the information you’ll need to make your numbers count!

    For more information, visit the Audubon website at www.audubonmexico.org.


    Sociedad Audubon de México, A.C.

    Sociedad Audubon de México is based in San Miguel de Allende, a beautiful colonial town in the mountains of central Mexico. It is the only Audubon chapter in the country, and is conscious of its responsibility to represent and protect the natural world in Mexico. “The Sociedad Audubon de Mexico, as a bird focused organization, recognizes that a healthy environment is critical to the survival of birds and all other elements of nature, and we operate from this perspective.”

    Our Vision

    Our Vision is to become the most effective advocate for the protection and appreciation of birds and all other elements of nature in the San Miguel de Allende area and environs.

    Our Mission

    Sociedad Audubon de Mexico recognizes that a healthy environment is critical to the survival of birds, wildlife, and people. Through education, conservation, and recreation we promote environmental stewardship to ensure quality of life for all living things in San Miguel de Allende – for today and the future.

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