Great Backyard Bird Count 2012, (and results from '11)

If you have not previously participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count (scheduled for Feb 17-20 this year), you can learn about it here. And what is it, anyway?  See more details about the count at this link -and read about the results from 2011, at this page. See Wisconsin's results, with maps. 

Last year's results for Snowy Owl, for example, are likely to be easily surpassed this year:

State/Province	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Alberta	3	3
Manitoba	7	5
Michigan	4	4
New York	1	1
North Dakota	2	2
Ontario	1	1
Pennsylvania	1	1
Saskatchewan	44	12
Vermont	1	1
Wisconsin	2	2
Total	66