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Birding with a purpose…

Birding with a purpose…. What Species? Take a Guess!. Cooper’s Hawk--CBC Results. Higher totals reported nearly range-wide. What Species? Take a Guess!. Northern Bobwhite—CBC Results. Drastic decrease across the Southeast. How Can We Keep the Common Birds Common?. What is eBird?.

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Birding with a purpose…

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  1. Birding with a purpose…

  2. What Species? Take a Guess!

  3. Cooper’s Hawk--CBC Results Higher totals reported nearly range-wide

  4. What Species? Take a Guess!

  5. Northern Bobwhite—CBC Results Drastic decrease across the Southeast

  6. How Can We Keep the Common Birds Common?

  7. What is eBird? Gathering and interpreting observational data for the conservation of biological diversity • Continental online checklist project • Tool for gathering observational data • Persistent bird observation archive • Gathers baseline data on bird distribution and abundance

  8. The Big Picture… • Solidify eBird as the new standard for bird recording • Make birders better scientists • Help conserve biodiversity • Make these data available to the world! • Monitoring and identifying important areas for birds • Standard interface for developing Cit-Sci initiatives

  9. eBird—Current Stats • 15,919 individual users • 93 % of checklists from the Lower 48 • 348,637 checklists submitted • 1,501 species reported • ~79 million individuals reported

  10. Geographic Coverage North AmericaUnited StatesCanadaMexicoPuerto Rico & US Virgin IslandsHispaniolaWestern HemisphereCubaColombiaPanama

  11. Regional Applications - eBird Technology as a Tool

  12. Encouraging Participation - Integration

  13. Version 2 -- Goals • Focus on increasing user reward • Increase checklist submissions • Encourage submission of historic data • Build recurring participation • Create new look and feel • Build new output tools • User-friendly interface

  14. eBird Version 2—Building the eBird Community • Birding news and features • Top fives • Links to regional projects • Discussion board • Resources

  15. eBird Version 2—Data Entry • My locations • Hotspots • Mapping tool • Lat/Long • Location • management tools

  16. eBird Version 2—Species Pathway • Two major pathways • Species • Location • Personal and public • data access • Links to My eBird

  17. Curve-billed Thrasher Distribution • Gray indicates data present • Tan indicates lack of data • White indicates no coverage

  18. Eurasian Collared-Dove Distribution 1900-2005 • Map features 100 km • frequency grid • Displays negative data • Shows current eBird • coverage

  19. Pine Warbler Distribution • Migratory areas shown • in light green • Note vagrants in • Colorado

  20. Pine Warbler Breeding Distribution • Map shows northern • and southern breeding • populations

  21. Pine Warbler Winter Distribution • Core wintering area • is the Southeast • Some observed • at feeders in the North

  22. eBird Version 2—Location Pathway

  23. eBird Version 2—Location Pathway • Frequency bar charts • Any date and • location

  24. eBird Version 2—Location Pathway • Details migratory • interval for every species • Learn about species • occurrence at any • location

  25. Olive-sided Flycatcher Frequency--Chicago, IL • Interactive graphs • Regional maps • View sample size • Download data • Glossary links

  26. Olive-sided Flycatcher Frequency--Chicago, IL • Interact with data • points • Choose from six • graph types

  27. Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird • Maintain and manage lists • Life, regional, state and county • View your eBird stats • Manage your data • View and manage profile

  28. Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird • Lists first date and location • Detailed checklist view

  29. Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird • View all observations • of a single species • Sort by location or • date

  30. Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird • Easy access to edit tools • Print or download reports • View diary notes

  31. eBird Version 2—What Are the Results? The Good, The Not So Bad, and the Downright Ugly…

  32. Evaluating Version 2.0 Database Queries & the eBird Survey • Get to know our users • Learn what they like about eBird • Learn what they dislike • Figure out what drives usersto submit checklists

  33. Evaluating Version 2.0 Growing eBird through Application Development • Increase personal user reward • Create new look and feel • Build new output tools • User-friendly interface

  34. Goal: User-friendly Interface How easy is it to navigate this site?

  35. Goal: Improved Look and Feel How do you like the look and feel?

  36. Goal: Improved Output Tools My favorite part of the site is . . .

  37. Goal: Increase Personal Reward Do you keep track of your bird lists using the features on My eBird?

  38. eBird Version 2 – Reviewing the Goals • Increase checklist submissions • Encourage submission of historic data • Make birders better eBirders • Build recurring participation • Encourage standardized counts

  39. Goal: Increase Checklist Submissions

  40. Goal: Gather Historic Data Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2005 eBird 2.0 Sept. 2005 – Feb. 2006 n = 62,161 n = 119,116

  41. Goal: Recurring Participation Number of users submitting five or more checklists for the current or previous month

  42. Number of Users Submitting 1st eBird Checklist Note February highs presumably due to GBBC

  43. eBird Version 2—Why submit multiple records? “I want my observations to make a difference for the future of birds and birding. I enjoy watching my own database grow, and with it my experience and expertise. Finally, I am probably 'losing it', at least as far as my wife is concerned!” “Bird conservation. When I don’t submit a checklist, it is due to health problems.” “Transcribing life list from well-worn journal” “We submit a daily count for our yard. In addition, we submit counts for other sites we bird during the week. We like the fact that you can put the information to good use. At the same time, we have a great record for our own use.”

  44. What do you find most rewarding about eBird? “When looking back over our history . . . Seeing and remembering the day when we had a Scarlet Tanager and other rare visitors to our feeder.” “The knowledge that my data is contributing to a larger effort to understand birds.” “eBird 2 does a great job of keeping my lists for me. That was the incentive I needed to enter information from past years. Also, I love the new tool that allows you to pull up all of the sightings of a particular species at a particular location.”

  45. eBird Version 2—eBird Partners with Zeiss • Zeiss becomes corporate sponsor • Supports eBird initiatives • Co-promotional agreement Hooray!

  46. Challenges – Okay, the Ugly • Growing pains! • Incomplete data entry/listing • Management issues • Hardware Limitations • Promotion

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