When: February 11, 2026 @ 6:00 pm
Prepare for the Great Backyard Bird Count by learning how to use eBird, a community science app
Record the birds you see and hear while helping scientists with their research! This webinar will familiarize attendees with the eBird app in the days leading up to the Great Backyard Bird Count, a global community science effort to census birds before they undertake their great spring migration. We will discuss how to use the eBird app and website, how your data is used by researchers, and why submitting data through eBird is so important for our region! Though this webinar is primarily focused on the in’s-and-out’s of eBird, we will also briefly review common bird species we are likely to see at Mainspring’s Great Backyard Bird Count Walks in Cullowhee and Hayesville. This event will end with a Q&A session.
This free, educational webinar will occur virtually on Wednesday, February 11th from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Interested parties are encouraged to join us for one of our free, guided Great Backyard Bird Count Walks on Friday, February 13th. The Cullowhee Great Backyard Bird Count Walk will occur on the Jackson County Greenway from 9:00am-11:00am, and the Hayesville Great Backyard Bird Count Walk will take place at the Clay County Rec Center from 10:00am-12:00pm. Click the included links to view details and register for these walks.
Register for the webinar by filling out the form below. A staff member will email a link to registered participants in the days leading up to the event.
Email Alina at [email protected] with any questions.
Meet your teacher
As Mainspring’s Conservation Outreach Associate, Alina Martin aims to encourage the protection and appreciation of land by connecting communities to the birds, plants, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles that share our home here in the Southern Blue Ridge. Her adventures up and down the east coast have introduced her to a wide variety of habitats, and those experiences inspire her to continue nurturing her understanding of wildlife and plant ecology. Armed with her identification knowledge and ever-increasing wonder, Alina leads a variety of educational programs here at Mainspring, and finds something curious and new each time. She is a life-long birder, all-around naturalist, and avid user of eBird and iNaturalist.
