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Send in a checklist or a photo to help the Great Backyard Bird Count and earn a chance to win a prize

Prizes donated by Wild Birds Unlimited, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society, and Red River Commodities

1. A drawing for participants

Everyone who submits a checklist will be eligible for a drawing to receive one of numerous birdy prizes (see list below).  

  • binoculars

    8x42 Votex Sidewinder binoculars, donated by GBBC sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited (4 pairs)

  • One-year membership in the National Audubon Society, including Audubon magazine

  • National Audubon Songbirds boxed note cards

  • Pale Male DVD and Featured Audubon Magazine

  • Audubon premium shade-grown organic coffee (2)

Audubon clock

  • Audubon singing bird clock

  • Audubon singing bird ornament

  • Wild bird photography book, from Audubon




  • The Grail Bird: Hot on the trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, signed by author Tim Gallagher

  • Songbird Journeys: Four seasons in the lives of migratory birds, signed by author Miyoko Chu

2007 Prizes

  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology's "We Think the World of Birds" poster by Charley Harper (2)

  • One-year membership in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, including Living Bird, the quarterly magazine exclusively for members

  • FeederWatcher's Guide to Backyard Birds CD-ROM

  • Bird Songs book, with sounds from the Lab's Macaulay Library

  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birder's Life List and Diary

  • Voices of North American Owls
    audio guide from the Lab's Macaulay Library (2)


  • Audubon wall calendar (2)
Plush bird

  • Audubon birds (10) These plush singing toys are the result of a collaborativeeffort between the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Toys will correspond to the 2006 GBBC top-10 most frequently reported birds: Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Dark-eyed Junco, American Goldfinch, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, House Finch, Tufted Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow).

  • Five-pound bag of National Audubon Society cherry cobbler bird food, donated by Red River Commodities (6)

  • Audubon Hummingbird Feeder (6)

  • Audubon Black Oil Feeder (6)

  • Audubon Seed Tube Feeder (6)


2. Most Checklists

Certificate awards will go to states, provinces, and localities that send in the most GBBC checklists. Here are the categories:

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler, photo
by 2006 GBBC participants Jim
and Michele Oldham, North
Carolina

  • Top ten states

  • Top three provinces

  • Top 5 communities in the United States

  • Top 5 communites in Canada

  • Top community within each state

  • Top community within each province

Once all the checklists are entered and tallied, the winners and their tallies will be posted on this site. Participants from winning communities, states, and provinces, will be able to download and print a certificate from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon.

Click here to see last year's winners.

3. Best PhotoS

Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren, photo by 2006
GBBC participant Donna
Bingham, New Jersey

All photos that are taken during the Great Backyard Bird Count, submitted to us, and chosen to appear in the GBBC Gallery, will be automatically entered. A panel of judges from the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will choose the top five photos and award certificates to the photographers. Their photos will also receive prominent placement on the web site. The winner of the best overall photo will receive a pair of 8x42 Vortex Sidewinder binoculars, donated by Wild Birds Unlimited.

Visit the photo gallery.