Every year Birdlife Australia run a series of seasonal citizen science events called ‘Birds in Backyards’ where we get to count and record the species and numbers of birds in our backyards.
The results for the spring survey are in, with the top ten species sighted and counted listed in the first photo.
Of these birds I regularly get to see: Rainbow Lorikeets, Magpies, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Magpie Larks, Red Wattlebirds, and Willie Wagtails.
These surveys are a fun way to get involved in keeping tabs on our all important bird populations. As you can see from the map in the first picture the sites of surveys is quite widespread.
This next picture gives a list of the top ten bird species in numbers.
Of these I get to see Cattle Egrets (occasionally), Australian Wood Duck, and Corellas.
It’s fascinating to keep tabs on the birds about, I keep a bird diary and was recently privileged to take a look at a bird diary kept by a local woman since 1966! The sad thing is, many of the birds she has seen in the area are no longer here.
If you’re in Australia, maybe check out Birdlife Australia’s website and hook into this fun activity. If you’re in another country, I’m sure the will be a similar organisation with similar activities.
TIL next time!
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