I've been monitoring this forum for a few months now. Given that there are over 400 members, many of whom post sightings frequently and respond to questions promptly, it would seem that there is a sizeable active on-line birding community in the GTA. Based on that assumption I am puzzled as to why more people aren't participating in the annual on-line bird census run by Cornell University from February 15 to 18. (Great Backyard bird Count featured on their AllAboutBirds web site.)
Here's how I know that not many are participating. I counted the birds in my yard (according to their rules) and have posted 4 lists submitting the daily numbers for 15 species that I've seen. Since my postal code identifies me as a resident of East York I checked the results for East York only to find that I make up 4 of the 5 submissions accounting for most of the species seen. When I looked at Toronto results there were only 15 lists submitted - which could represent fewer than 10 participants
So my question is why aren't more avid birders participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count?
Just curious.
