Owls 

A series of beautiful photograps of owls, and intriguing facts, appears in the January-February post on the Audubon Society website.

Great Horned Owl. Photo by Brad Wilson.

If you are looking for the beautiful illustrations by John Audubon in Birds of America, you will find these too on this site.

Join the Great Backyard Bird Count

This year’s Great Backyard Bird Count runs from February 13 to February 16. It’s free. Find out how  to participate here.

Downy Woodpecker. South Stukely, Quebec. 

With thanks to Iñigo Fajardo,© 2013

The event is organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Society, Bird Studies Canada, and other international organizations.To join the count, simply spend at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the event counting the types and numbers of birds that you see. Then, submit your data online.

There is also a photography contest for this year’s event. The rules for the contest can be found at the above link. If you take a good photo, you could share it with EarthSky.

Thanks to the terrific EarthSky News website for this information.