The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) took place in mid-February 2025 and Haikuboxes were listening! It is always interesting to take a snapshot of the birds identified by Haikuboxes across the world, and this four day event gave us the opportunity to listen and learn where the birds were during a pre-migration winter.
There were over 2,000 Haikuboxes online and listening and collectively they identified over 400 bird species and created 13.8 million bird song and call recordings.
The top bird species identified included House Finch (1.3 million recordings), Black-capped Chickadee (1.1 million recordings), Northern Cardinal (1 million recordings), House Sparrow (89 k recordings), Tufted Titmouse (69 k recordings), Anna's Hummingbird (64 k recordings), Carolina Wren (57 k recordings), Carolina Chickadee (41 k recordings), Blue Jay (63 k recordings), and American Crow (45 k recordings).
The diversity of birds identified was on display and included raptors like the Red-shouldered Hawk (52,000 recordings), Great-crested Flycatcher (260 recordings), and the Yellow-rumped Warbler (131,000 recordings).
Some of our favorite localized birds also made strong showings, including the Bald Eagle (identified almost 3,000 times at over 190 Haikubox sites), Acorn Woodpeckers (identified almost 20,000 times at more than 90 sites), and California Scrub-Jay (identified over 48,000 times at more than 220 sites).
Other cool birds recorded included the Pileated Woodpecker (identified over 16,000 times at over 600 Haikubox sites), Snow Goose (identified 1,000 times at over 100 Haikubox sites), and Sandhill Crane (identified 750 times at over 60 Haikubox sites).
Haikubox owners can do their own analysis of GBBC data by downloading the identification records from the Haikubox Listen website.
See you next year!
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Thank you for the synopsis – we appreciate the opportunity to contribute to citizen science and REAL SCIENCE for ornithologists passively thru our Haikubox as well as actively by doing our counts!