Great Backyard Bird Count goes global, shatters records
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 22:00
in Earth & Climate
Bird watchers from 101 countries made history in the first global Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 15 to 18. In the largest worldwide bird count ever, bird watchers set new records, counting more than 25 million birds on 116,000 checklists in four days -- and recording 3,138 species, nearly one-third of the world's total bird species.