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The second Saturday in May of each year is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird Global Big Day! This coincides with peak songbird migration in central Missouri, so it’s a great excuse to head outside in order to look and listen for birds. Check out the article in the April 2025 edition of The Chat on “A new tradition for Birding Big Day!”. (Note: Links in that Chat article are for the 2025 events!)

Our hope is that many small groups will expand our reach across the landscape. We hope many of you will join us at the May 7 social/planning event at Logboat Brewing Co. to connect with birding buddies for your Global Big Day outings. 

You can also bird on your own: Bird anywhere you like: In your backyard, in a nature area, even in a parking lot; wherever you are, there are probably birds! You can use the Merlin app to help with identification of bird sounds, though please always maintain a healthy skepticism with regard to Merlin’s results; it is amazing technology, but it does make errors!

Contribute to community science by submitting your Global Big Day bird observations to eBird.

Disclaimer: Though CAS is encouraging folks to bird together, CAS does not view these outings as official CAS-sponsored events from a liability perspective.