• By Kelli Reick
• Posted Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Great Backyard Bird Count

Do you want to enjoy nature, spend more time with your family, and help conservationist in North Carolina? Then the Great Backyard Bird Count is for you.

On Saturday, February 13, 2010, from 10:00 am - noon, the Nature Education Department will teach families how to participate in the Bird Count hosted by the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Learn bird identification techniques and advice on where to go in the park for the best bird-watching opportunities. Then, conduct your own count and enter it into the Great Backyard Bird Count database.

The classes will take place at the Tanglewood Park Office. Admission is free. Birdwatchers entering the park will need to pay the park entrance fee of $2 per car.

For more information call 336-778-6334 or send us an email.