The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can. If you ...

Carolina Wrens are increasingly spending the winter farther north, according to data collected by the Great Backyard Bird Count. Let’s be honest, mid-February is an absolutely lousy time to ask people ...

Don’t take the birds in your backyard for granted. Beyond eating bugs or invasive plant seeds, backyard birds provide people with joy and wonder, said Geoff LeBaron, Christmas Bird Count director for ...

Calling all nature lovers: If you have 15 minutes to spare in the coming days, you can participate in one of the world’s largest wildlife surveys to help protect birds — without even leaving your ...

The 2025 edition of the Great Backyard Bird Count soared to record participation and number of species documented, according to organizers. Highlights of this year's event included 8,078 bird species ...

If you follow NPR on Instagram, which we hope you do - we're just @npr - you may have seen a video we shared over the weekend of someone whose backyard was absolutely loaded with birds. (SOUNDBITE OF ...