From away to garden.com and Robinhood Radio.com, this is Away to Garden with Margaret

Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

Watching birds lifts my spirits as it has for decades and who couldn't use their spirits

lifted right about now.

But there's another much bigger potential benefit,

which is sharing my sightings,

help scientists understand what's going on

with bird populations in a changing world.

One of my favorite citizen science efforts,

a global project called the Great Backyard Bird Count,

is coming up February 16th to 19th.

And its project manager is here today

with tips on using the latest technology

like the Merlin app, along with our old school observational powers to improve our bird

ID skills. So more in a moment, but first these messages.

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