Thursday, September 10, 2009

Schoolyard Birding Challenge

The Schoolyard Birding Challenge is a monthly birding "contest" for all public, private, and homeschools in North America. The basic premise is that teachers or parent chaperones take the students on walks around their school to find, observe, identify, and record the various bird species. At the end of the month, each group will submit an electronic sightings submission form.

The school with the mosty net species for the month will receive severla birding-related prizes. There is also a random drawing of all participatin schools for additional prizes.

Learn more about our Schoolyard Birding Challenge at www.fledgingbirders.org/challenge.html

1 comment:

Bill of the Birds said...

Great idea, Dave! Have many schools participated? Let me know, we'd like to run a note about this in BWD.