Backyard Bird Count
2026
Backyard bird Count

2026

What is the backyard bird count?
What is the backyard bird count?

The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations.

Participants are asked to:

1. Count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and

2. Report their sightings online at birdcount.org.

Each checklist submitted during the GBBC helps researchers at Audubon, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Birds Canada learn more about how birds are doing, and how to protect them and the environment we share. Recently, more than 300,000 participants submitted their bird observations online, creating the largest instantaneous snapshot of global bird populations ever recorded.

Join us for the backyard bird count!
Join us for the backyard bird count!

We invite you to visit the Salmon Center, Union River Estuary Preserve, and Theler Wetlands for the 2026 Backyard Bird Count! There is no official event schedule – come by any of the dates listed below at a time that works for you!

 

If you’d like to go with a group, the Theler Birding Group invites you to join them:

Day: Sunday, Feb. 15th

Time: 11am – 12pm

Location: Park by the Salmon Center main office.

Dates:

  • Friday, Feb. 13
  • Saturday, Feb. 14
  • Sunday, Feb. 15
  • Monday, Feb. 16 

Where:

The Union River Estuary Preserve

600 NE Roessel Rd.

Belfair, WA 98528