NPR

A citizen-science project asks the public to identify the birds in your backyard

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 ...
The Reporter

From the Ground Up: Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count

So begins a brief online video encouraging participation in next month’s Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The GBBC, an annual event since 1998, is a great opportunity to participate in a citizen ...
ZDNet

This AI-powered app makes identifying birds a breeze (with one tricky exception)

Next to insects, birds sadly seem to get short shrift from humans. We remain powerfully drawn to scenes of lions hunting in the Kalahari desert or rhinos jousting in eastern India, but remain mostly ...
CNN

Bird-watching beginner’s guide: How to start birding your backyard and beyond

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...
New Atlas

Merlin lets you easily identify almost every bird species across the world

From casual bird buddies to ornithology obsessives, you can now trek to far flung corners of the globe and identify any feathered friend you find – as long as you have a smartphone. The hugely popular ...