A new look at the variety and abundance of birds that visit our yards and feeders across the United States and Canada is provided in the newly published Winter Bird Highlights – the annual report provided by Project FeederWatch. This free downloadable publication provides the summary of information reported birders who participant in Project FeederWatch, and emphasizes how important the information really is. To begin with, the 2025 FeederWatch Season statistics show that birders of all age groups participated last year by providing 245,126 checklists and observing a total of 473 different species of birds in the United States and Canada during more than 357,000 hours of observations!
Winter Bird Highlights provides an abundance of information that is most interesting and useful to all birders, and it's brought to you by Project FeederWatch, a research and education project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada. This information presented by Project FeederWatch is possible through the efforts and support of tens of thousands of enthusiastic participants.
Of special interest, you will find the Regional Roundup that lists the Top 25 Birds observed in each of the 6 FeederWatch regions last season, plus insights into trends and highlights. There are also insights into ongoing FeederWatch projects, as well as The State of Our Feeder Birds message and an impressive variety of bird photographs provided by active participants.
In addition to the current annual report, you can refer to previous years of Project FeederWatch reports dating back to 2005 in case you are interested in comparing data, or checking for additional information that is helpful to all birders. To learn more and to access the new report, see Year-end Reports - Project FeederWatch
In case you become inspired to join this year's on-going study, there is still time to sign up for the 2025-26 FeederWatch season, which continues through the end of April: Sign up today!