Participating in Focus on Feeders 2008 is easy:

American Robin. Photo by Nancy Stoddard.

1. Count the highest number of birds of each species seen together at any one time at your backyard feeders on February 2nd and 3rd, 2008.
    
   
2. Report your observations online on an expanded bird checklist. Online reporting enables us to report results back to you more quickly and efficiently.
    
   
3. OR, record your observations on an official Focus on Feeders Report Form and mail us the completed form.

Ask your friends and neighbors to join the fun, as the value of the data collected increases with the number of participants. The 2008 Focus on Feeders results will be tallied and posted on our website, and the names of all those who report their observations will be entered into a drawing to win one of several prizes, including Mass Audubon backpacks and more!

Get your camera ready! Focus on Feeders will once again include a photo contest, and we will award prizes in several categories for wildlife photographs submitted with bird observations. Winning photographs will also appear on our website. All wildlife photos are welcome and need not be limited to birds. Amateur photographers only, please. All photos submitted become the property of Mass Audubon.

So grab your official Focus on Feeders Report Form and your camera, and join us for Focus on Feeders 2008!

Thanks to everyone who participated in Focus on Feeders 2007 (and to those of you who sent in wildlife photographs).