Marion students prepare for backyard birdwatch
Feb 14, 2019
Students look at bird identification guides as they learn about birdwatching before the Great Backyard Bird Count. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
Students learn about birds using Marion Natural History Museum resources. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
Students make homemade birdfeeders as part of an afterschool program. Photo courtesy: Marion Natural History Museum
The Marion Natural History Museum after school group spent the afternoon on Feb. 13 getting ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count.
The Great Backyard Bird Count is a national bird identification event that will last from Feb. 15 to Feb.18. Birdwatchers are asked to observe birds and note down which species they see at birdcount.org. The data from the weekend event helps scientists to learn about bird populations, and how to protect them.
Students at the Marion Natural History Museum went over some techniques for identifying common local birds and learning how to enter our data through the Cornell Laboratory website. The students also made a homemade bird feeder and left with a laminated field guide.
