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The annual event had more than a million participants around the world; feast your eyes on a small sampling of its 200K+ photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Editor\u2019s note: All images are courtesy of the Macaulay Library<\/em> at the Lab of Ornithology.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For four days each February, volunteers fan out around the globe to record local bird sightings, capturing a remarkable worldwide snapshot of avian populations. The event, co-run by the Lab of Ornithology, is known as the Great Backyard Bird Count<\/a> (GBBC)\u2014and it just keeps getting bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GBBC was founded in 1998 by the Lab and the National Audubon Society; a third parter, Birds Canada, signed on a decade later. Now, it draws individuals, birding clubs, school groups, and more; using the Lab\u2019s Merlin Bird ID<\/a> app and eBird platform<\/a>, participants report sightings from all seven continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2026 count drew (per initial numbers) some 1.15 million people from 216 countries or eBird subregions<\/a>. They made 1.24 million Merlin identifications and submitted nearly 470,000 eBird checklists\u2014all told, spotting more than 8,200 avian species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants made 1.24 million Merlin identifications and submitted nearly 470,000 eBird checklists\u2014all told, spotting more than 8,200 avian species.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA huge amount of people participate, and I think part of that is because it\u2019s a concentrated period of time,\u201d observes GBBC project leader Becca Rodomsky-Bish. \u201cNot everybody is going to become a devoted Merlin or eBird user\u2014but if you ask them to do it for 15 minutes on one of four days, it\u2019s pretty attainable for just about anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the notable happenings in 2026 were rare sightings of the European robin<\/a> (Erithacus rubecula<\/em>) in the Canadian provinces of Qu\u00e9bec and Ontario and a massive flock of 120,000 King penguins<\/a> (Aptenodytes patagonicus<\/em>) in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, a British territory in the southern Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not everybody is going to become a devoted Merlin or eBird user\u2014but if you ask them to do it for 15 minutes on one of four days, it\u2019s pretty attainable for just about anybody.<\/p>\nBecca Rodomsky-Bish<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And here\u2019s another whopping number: this year, GBBC participants made nearly a quarter-million submissions of media to the Lab\u2019s Macaulay Library<\/a>, the archive that houses more than 95 million photos, videos, and sounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a small sampling of the eye-popping images submitted during the 2026 bird count:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comb-crested jacana<\/strong> (Irediparra gallinacea<\/strong><\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mackay, Queensland, Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Comb-crested
Anonymous<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blue-necked tanager<\/strong> (Stilpnia cyanicollis<\/em>) <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cundinamarca, Colombia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Blue-necked
Brian Genge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Steller’s sea-eagle<\/strong> (Haliaeetus pelagicus<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"An
Simon Edel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Southern crested guineafowl<\/strong> (Guttera edouardi<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Limpopo, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Close-up
Daniel Danckwerts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gentoo penguin<\/strong> (Pygoscelis papua<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Neko Harbor, Antarctica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gentoo
Milan Sojitra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bald eagle<\/strong> (Haliaeetus leucocephalus<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Onondaga, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bald
Graham Deese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blue-breasted kingfisher<\/strong> (Halcyon malimbica<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

North Bank, Gambia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Blue-breasted
Richard Schn\u00fcrmacher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

White-tailed tropicbird<\/strong> (Phaethon lepturus<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Quebradillas, Puerto Rico<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"White-tailed
lias Markee-Ratner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern screech-owl<\/strong> (Megascops asio<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cook, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Eastern
Matt Zuro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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European herring gull<\/strong> (Larus argentatus<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

London, England<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
Magnus Andersson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vernal hanging-parrot<\/strong> (Loriculus vernalis<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Vernal
Jayaprakash Singha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Ruddy turnstone<\/strong> (Arenaria interpres<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Samsun, Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Four
Levent Uysal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pine grosbeak<\/strong> (Pinicola enucleator<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wellington, Ontario<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pine
Cameron Rutt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loten’s sunbird<\/strong> (Cinnyris lotenius<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kottayam, Kerala, India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Loten's
S S Suresh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bohemian waxwing<\/strong> (Bombycilla garrulus<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Copenhagen, Denmark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bohemian
Fang-Shuo Hu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

American flamingo<\/strong> (Phoenicopterus ruber<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Progreso, Yucat\u00e1n, Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Three
Luis Trinchan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mandarin duck<\/strong> (Aix galericulata<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mandarin
Rajko Podgornik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Top image: A common goldeneye (<\/em>Bucephala clangula) sea duck comes in for a landing in Scott, MN. (Dani\u00ebl Cronk)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published April 14, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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