Backyard Winter Bird Survey Public Online Form

NH Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey

Thank you for participating! Your data helps us understand winter bird trends across New Hampshire. We hope you have fun during the survey weekend learning about the birds in your yard and are proud to be a part of this important scientific effort.

Reminder: Please only use this form for birds observed in New Hampshire on February 14 and/or 15, 2026.

For complete instructions, a list of common backyard birds, and a guide to commonly confused species, visit the How to Participate page on our website.

Questions? Contact us at bwbs@nhaudubon.org.

NH Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey

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Email Address*

First Name*

First Name

Last Name*

Last Name

What is the street address of where you watched birds?*

City/Town*

Zip code*

Is this the same as your home address?*

Yes

Home Address*

City/Town*

Zip code*

On what day(s) did you count birds?*

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Sunday, February 15, 2026

How many total hours did you spend watching birds?*

Please estimate as closely as possible and use decimals. For example, watching for an hour and a half would be 1.5 hours. Remember, this is the total number of hours over the entire weekend.

Please enter a number less than or equal to 48.

What is your age?

Do you have additional comments about the survey?

Species Reporting Instructions

Record the highest number of each species seen at one time during the weekend. Example: If you saw 6 Blue Jays on Saturday and 5 on Sunday, record 6, not 11.

This prevents double counting and helps maintain data accuracy.

Only report species you can confidently identify. For help identifying birds, visit: backyardwinterbirds.nhaudubon.org/how-to-participate .

If you see an uncommon bird, please add a note about how you identified it.

Common Backyard Birds

Enter the highest number seen at one time for each species. Leave blank if you did not see that species.

Wild Turkey

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Eastern Bluebird

European Starling

Northern Mockingbird

Cedar Waxwing

House Sparrow

House Finch

Common Redpoll

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

American Tree Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Eastern Chipmunk

Red Squirrel

Gray Squirrel

Did you see any additional bird species not listed above?*

Yes

If yes, please enter the count for the additional species. Bird species are listed in taxonomic order. If a species is not listed, please enter it in the write-in box at the bottom.
Reminder: Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom and select Next to reach the final page and submit your data.

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Swan sp.

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

American Wigeon

Mallard

Common Eider

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Scaup sp.

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Barrow’s Goldeneye

Goldeneye sp.

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Merganser sp.

Duck sp.

Gray Partridge-introduced

Ring-necked Pheasant

Ruffed Grouse

Common Loon

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Vulture sp.

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's/Sharp-shinned

Northern Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Eagle sp.

American Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Hawk sp.

American Woodcock

Ring-billed Gull

American Herring Gull

Iceland Gull

Glaucous Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Gull sp.

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Snowy Owl

Barred Owl

Owl sp.

Belted Kingfisher

Red-headed Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Northern Flicker

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Woodpecker sp.

Swan sp.

Northern Shrike

Canada (Gray) Jay

Fish Crow

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Boreal Chickadee

Nuthatch sp.

Winter Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Wren sp.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Veery

Kinglet sp.

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

Thrush sp.

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Waxwing sp.

Snow Bunting

Warbler sp.

Pine Warbler

Eastern Towhee

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Sparrow sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

White-crowned Sparrow

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Rusty Blackbird

Blackbird sp.

Pine Grosbeak

Baltimore Oriole

Finch sp.

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Hoary Redpoll

Purple Finch

Crossbill sp.

Evening Grosbeak

Squirrel sp.

Another species

Final Questions

Do you have any additional comments on rare or unusual bird sightings?

Providing information on how you identified a rare bird (key field markings) can help our biologists confirm the sighting.

How did you hear about the Backyard Winter Bird Survey?

I’ve participated before (online)

I’ve participated before (by mail)

NH Audubon eNews

NH Audubon Social Media

NH Audubon Website

NH Bird Records

NH Birds Google Group

Local Newspaper

Poster

Social Media (not NH Audubon)

How many years have you participated?*

Please note, this can be individual years of participation, not necessarily consecutive years.

Would you like to receive NH Audubon’s eNews with events, birding articles, and NH Audubon news?*

Yes

Already signed up

Rate your experience using this form.*

We love to hear from participants about highlights from the survey. Why did you choose to participate? What was a funny or meaningful highlight for you this year? Other feedback?