Do you love to watch birds? Want to learn more?

The Tug Hill Bird Quest is a region-wide bird feeder observation event held each year during the third week in May.

With us supplying fun bird information, birding tips and learning resources in the months prior, it's a great way to learn more about the birds that visit your neighborhood and backyard.

And your observations add to a multi-year record of the types and number of birds that are present at Tug Hill bird feeders each spring!

The Tug Hill Bird Quest is open to everyone.

School classrooms, home schoolers, youth groups, families, and individuals that live in the Tug Hill region are welcome and encouraged to participate.

It's free, it's fun, and it's a great learning opportunity!

Scroll down for details and to register

Filling the feeder

Female Grosbeak Oriole and Goldfinch

Homeschool Bird Quest

A female Cardinal at a sunflower seed feeder

Brother and sister bird together

Bird Watchers by Emmanuel Vaucher

The Tug Hill Bird Quest connects us with nature, inspires curiosity and is easy to incorporate into any classroom or home setting!

Here's How It Works:

1 - Sign Up As An Observation Team

Register as an Early Bird by December 31st and receive weekly emails January through March containing fun facts and learning activities.
Not an Early Bird? Register by March 31st. All teams receive daily Bird of the Day emails with bird ID tips and photos April through May.
Schools, homeschools and youth groups in need can request to receive birdseed, a bird feeder and/or a Tug Hill natural history guidebook free of charge. All supplies are provided on a first come, first served basis as materials are available. Supplies are either delivered or picked up by teams in mid-April.

2 - Install (if needed) and/or add birdseed to your feeder(s) AT LEAST 2 weeks before the official observation week begins.

3 - Watch the feeder each day during the official observation week and record the bird species and how many individuals of each you see.

4 - Complete the provided tally sheet with your observations and send the form to THTLT within 10 days.

Tally sheets are emailed to teams with the first Bird of the Day email in April and can be downloaded from this page.
THTLT compiles the team tally sheets and provides a report to all teams in mid-June.

REGISTER HERE