Here's an easy, fun and free thing to do over the Family Day long weekend.

The 25th annual Great Backyard Bird Count runs right through the Family Day long weekend from February 18-21.

The event is actually run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society and Birds Canada. 

Even if you're not a bird expert, you can just wing it.

All you need to do is download the eBird app and about fifteen minutes of your time to observe the birds within your view.

And if you're winging it the Merlin app helps to identify the birds you're looking at.

Last year in Canada there wree over 43,465 lists of birds sent in across all ten provinces and three territories.

Overall, over 300,000 people around the world in 190 countries joined in.

Click here to can learn more about the event.