Backyard Birdwatchers Can Help Science!

Don't you remember in grade school during the fall and winter arts class would always make some sort of fun little bird-treat for you to hang in your back yard.

Here is your chance to embrace your childhood memory and utilize it to help scientists track birds (low or high in numbers) and log migratory patterns. www.feederwatch.org is the place to sign up to pick your days (November through April) and later input your data of birds that visit your backyard bird feeders. There is a small fee to sign up but they send you a research kit and all the tools necessary. This is a really cool opportunity for those of you who might get snowed-in or on winter-break and something to do to keep warm and do something constructive to watch a bird feeder and see which kindof birds show up. You never know, you might get to see a rare bird too! Not advertising, Just remembering the good ole days...