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eBird: Contribute to Science While Birding
An easy and fun way to help our feathered friends
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eBird, a project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, lets you log the bird species you observe on a smartphone app or on the web. Whether you’re going on a birding trip or enjoying birds near home, you can list the species you found on eBird. Millions of people all over the world help eBird create a detailed picture of bird populations. Data from eBird has helped guide many conservation efforts, from planning new wind farms away from where eagles fly to guiding habitat protection for declining species.
This episode was produced as part of BirdNote’s “From Love to Action Campaign,” an effort to inspire one million people to take action to help birds in the next three years. To learn more and to tell us how you’re helping birds, visit this link.
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eBird: Contribute to Science While Birding
Written by Conor Gearin
This is BirdNote.
[Pine Siskins calling at a bird feeder]
Bird feeders provide hours of entertainment. But you might be surprised to learn that scientists want to know about the species that show up at your humble bird feeder.
Consider this: the only way scientists know about those birds is when ordinary people report what they see and hear. When millions of people keep track of their local birds, they help create a detailed picture of bird populations all over the world.
[Bird chorus in North Dakota]
eBird, a project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, lets you log the bird species you observe on a smartphone app or on the web. Whether you’re going on a birding trip or enjoying birds near home, you can list the species you found on eBird.
Data from eBird has helped guide many conservation efforts, from planning new wind farms away from where eagles fly to guiding habitat protection for declining species. Counting birds, wherever you are, is an easy and fun way to help our feathered friends.
[Bald Eagle call]
BirdNote is on a mission to inspire a million people to take action to help birds over the next three years. If listening to BirdNote has inspired you to do anything to help birds thrive, let us know about it at BirdNote.org! I’m Ariana Remmel.
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Senior Producer: John Kessler
Producer: Mark Bramhill
Managing Editor: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Conor Gearin
Content Director: Jonese Franklin
Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Pine Siskin ML304501831 recorded by Magdalena Z, Environmental ML50259 recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller, and Bald Eagle ML200943 recorded by Gerrit Vyn.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
© 2024 BirdNote January 2024
Narrator: Ariana Remmel
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Ariana Remmel
Narrator
Conor Gearin
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