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A project of Bird Studies Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A project of Bird Studies Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Why Birds?. Birds can be used as “ bio-indicators ” to help assess the health of our ecosystems. Occupy nearly all habitats. Prey upon, plants, animals and insects. Concentrate pesticides and chemical loads.

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A project of Bird Studies Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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  1. A project of Bird Studies Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  2. Why Birds? Birds can be used as “bio-indicators” to help assess the health of our ecosystems • Occupy nearly all habitats • Prey upon, plants, animals and insects • Concentrate pesticides and chemical loads • Are readily visible to the public • Are already being monitored every day, and have been for many years!

  3. How Can We Keep the Common Birds Common?

  4. Impacts of Citizen Science Christmas Bird Count • Since 1900 • From 25 to 2000 count circles over 100 years • Currently 50,000 participants Breeding Bird Survey • Since 1966 • From 600 to 3700 routes over 40 years • Several thousand participants

  5. How is eBird Different? • Hemispheric-scale monitoring program • All species • Year-round • Advanced geo-referencing • Broad user-base

  6. What is eBird? Gather • Internet-based checklist program • Tool for gathering observational data • Tool for maintaining personal records Archive • Persistent archive of bird observations • Gathers baseline data on birddistribution and abundance Disseminate • Public tool for data visualization • Avian Knowledge Network

  7. Birding with a purpose…

  8. ...and it keeps your lists!

  9. eBird—Current Stats (2009) • ~35,000 different users have entered data • ~540,000 site visitors • 173 countries/territories • >1,600,000 checklists submitted • 2,945 species reported • 21 million observations reported

  10. eBird Canada—Current Stats (2009) • 600+ participants submitting checklists • 216,426 checklists submitted • 1,716,496 observations reported • 552 species

  11. Geographic Coverage CurrentNorth AmericaCaribbeanCentral America South America New Zealand

  12. Encouraging Participation - Portals Applied (BCN) eBird National(eBird Canada) Local (Vermont)

  13. Regional Applications – Empowering Birders around the world

  14. eBird—Building the eBird Community • Birding news and features • Top contributors • Checklist statistics • Discussion board • Resources

  15. The eBird Experience • Entering observations • Keeping your lists • Viewing data • Bulk uploads

  16. eBird—Data Entry—Where did you bird? • My locations • Hotspots • Mapping tool • Latitude-Longitude • Location management

  17. eBird—Data Entry—Mapping Tool

  18. eBird—Data Entry—Mapping Tool

  19. eBird—Data Entry—Mapping Tool

  20. eBird—Data Entry—Mapping Tool

  21. eBird—Data Entry—How did you bird?

  22. eBird—Data Entry—Just fill in the checklist!

  23. eBird—Data Quality

  24. eBird—Data Quality Every record submitted to eBird goes through some level of data verification • Rarities • Aseasonal reports • High counts • Network of reviewers (generally one per province)

  25. eBird—Data Entry—Age, Sex, Species Comments

  26. eBird—Data Entry—Confirmation Page

  27. eBird—Data Entry—Email this report

  28. eBird—Data Entry—Sharing checklists

  29. My eBird--Keeping Track of Your Lists • Maintain and manage lists • Year, Regional, state and county • View your eBird statistics • Manage and edit your data • View and manage profile

  30. My eBird--Keeping Track of Your Lists Lists first date and location Detailed checklist view

  31. My eBird--Keeping Track of Your Lists View all observations of a single species Sort by location or date

  32. My eBird--Keeping Track of Your Lists Lists for any location or region

  33. My eBird--Keeping Track of Your Lists Easy access to edit tools Print or download reports View diary notes

  34. eBird Data Visualizations

  35. eBird Data Visualizations--Maps

  36. eBird Data Visualizations—Tabular Reports • Week, month, year • Any location • High count • Abundance • Frequency • Group size • Totals

  37. eBird Data Visualizations—Bar Charts Frequency bar charts Any date and location

  38. eBird Data Visualizations • Interactive graphs • View sample size • Download data • Glossary links

  39. White-crowned Sparrow Frequency— BC Interior Hide/Show Sample Size

  40. eBird Data Visualizations—Arrivals and Departures

  41. eBird Data Visualizations—High Counts

  42. eBird Data Visualizations—Top 100

  43. What Happens to the Data? eBird data are available for free internet download eBird data are combined with other bird survey data in the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) Can be used to create local checklists Can be used for long-term monitoring

  44. eBird Canada ...where birding meets science!

  45. www.ebird.ca Thanks to Ralph Hocken for bird images

  46. Bird Studies Canada www.bsc-eoc.org

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