Extral extral backyard birding many schools, families and young birders across the country participate in the "great backyard bird count"while not as long as a "big year," the "great backyard bird count happens every year it depends o rders and families across the country to watch feeders and other areas in the yards and count the number of birds they see. unlike the big year" the goal is not to see who can count the most birds. instead, participants in this event work together to bid experts get a good idea of how birds are doing participants are given chests and enter the sightings on a website. called a "c en science project, this event is open to anyone, requires no travel and happens every year over one weekend in february what is the main point of the conclusion of "a big year beding is not only about winning a contest beding is a fun activity unless it is a competition beding can easily be made into a game people who bird have families that bird