THE Aussie bird count – held from October 14-20 – is an activity for all-ages that involves observing and counting the birds that live near you – whether that’s in your garden, the park, a beach or even your town centre.
By telling BirdLife Australia about the birds you’ve seen within a 20-minute period, you will help them develop an understanding of local birds while getting to know the wildlife on your doorstep.
BirdLife Australia’s website said all the data they receive from the Aussie bird count is vetted by expert ornithologists from BirdLife Australia staff and affiliates from around the country (each checking data from locations they know really well) before it is analysed, which means that any obviously wrong identifications will be caught and corrected.
They also get a lot of people sending them emails to let them know they’ve realised they made a mistake in their count and they add the corrections to a running list of amendments that will be made to the data once the bird count is closed.
But the original, incorrect submissions would continue to show on the app/website as they receive too many requests to update the sightings map for every email they receive, but the corrected details would be included in their final results.
BirdLife Australia is the nation’s biggest bird conservation organisation.
As an independent charity, their purpose is to stop extinctions.
They have run the Aussie bird count since 2014, alongside their range of different programs, with the aim of protecting Australia’s birds.
For more information and to take part in the Aussie bird count visit https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/
