Birding — aka birdwatching — has grown by leaps and bounds, especially here in Schuylkill County. In recent times, people have discovered that outside activities are fun, a good and healthy use of ...

If single-digit temperatures and snow make you think the great outdoors isn’t so great, let me recommend a nature trek that you might enjoy. Walk, don’t run – sudden movements might scare your ...

If you love watching or feeding the birds in your neighborhood, the four-day Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is for you! It’s a fun way to learn about the birds in your neck of the woods. But you’ll ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count, one of the biggest annual events on the birding calendar, turns 25 with its running February 18-21 this year. And with it once again we all have the opportunity to ...

Calling all nature lovers: If you have 15 minutes to spare in the coming days, you can participate in one of the world’s largest wildlife surveys to help protect birds — without even leaving your ...

The 4-day Great Backyard Bird Count begins today. Look out your window right now and count the birds you see in your backyard, park, wildlife refuge, office parking lot, dark alley, or wherever you ...

EVERETT — The Audubon Society will hold its 28th annual Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend, allowing birders of all ages to help create a global data set of bird species and numbers. To ...

The 2025 edition of the Great Backyard Bird Count soared to record participation and number of species documented, according to organizers. Highlights of this year's event included 8,078 bird species ...

It’s not yet lunchtime, and I’ve already seen or heard 33 different species of birds from my backyard, a new personal record. I’ve kept a running tally most days since the pandemic shuttered our ...

Local residents are being asked to join millions around the globe taking part in the 2025 Great Backyard Bird Count. Held from Friday, Feb. 14 through Monday, Feb. 17, the observations that result ...