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Project FeederWatch

Written by Ellen Blackstone

This is BirdNote!
[Chatter of Pine Siskin]
Many of the bird sounds you hear on BirdNote come from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. But Cornell adds still more to our understanding of the avian world. Project FeederWatch, sponsored by Cornell and National Audubon, is a window on the birds of winter. Through Project FeederWatch, scientists are able to track the movements of birds and understand trends in population and distribution.  FeederWatch has collected and organized data by state since 1988.
And you can participate by counting birds at your own feeder. [Chatter of Pine Siskin] FeederWatch runs from mid-November to early April, and you can start any time during the watch season. Register on-line or via US mail. There’s a small fee to participate. [Chatter of Pine Siskins in spring]
In the northern states, from the East Coast to the West, the Dark-eyed Junco is one of the most common feeder-birds.  [Twittering call and winter chipping of Dark-eyed Junco] In the South and Southeast, the beautiful Northern Cardinal usually tops the list. [Song of Northern Cardinal]
Let your observations help science. Learn how to sign up for Project FeederWatch when you visit our website, birdnote.org. [Song of Northern Cardinal]
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Call of the Pine Siskin provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Recorded by D.S. Herr and G.A. Keller.  Dark-eyed Junco call recorded by W.L. Hershberger.  Northern Cardinal song recorded by G.A. Keller.
Producer: John Kessler
© Seattle Audubon 11/8/06
NEW ID#feederwatch-0X-2008-11-03-KPLU © 2008 Tune In to Nature.org Revised 09-09-08
 
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/