Sometimes, not seeing a bird (and reporting it) can greatly help bird population studies. The Yellow-billed Magpie is at possible risk due to the West Nile Virus and habitat loss. Citizen scientists can help if they live near the range of this California endemic. Although the Yellow-billed Magpie is common and conspicuous in the open
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Citizen Science – Project Feeder Watch
Project FeederWatch is a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. Anyone can sign up to be part of this scientific research, which is used to study trends in bird distribution and abundance. The small fee for Project Feeder Watch covers a materials
Citizen Science – Tricolored Blackbirds
Far away in a distant land, miles away from Illinois, live small colonies of wondrous birds never seen by a Birdfreak. Although they might look like our oh-so-common Red-wing Blackbirds, Tricolored Blackbirds are a localized species of small numbers occurring mainly in California. Tricolored Blackbirds near Drake’s Beach at Pt. Reyes, California Photo courtesy of
Citizen Science – The Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count….. …an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps
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Citizen Science – eBird Clubs
Launched in 2002, eBird is the premiere online storing house for bird sightings. eBird is citizen science at its finest: an easy to use place for individuals to submit bird sightings from all over the world that when put together forms a usable resource for bird conservationists all over. How it works (bare basics) User
Citizen Science – Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project
The Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), another bird on Audubon’s WatchList, is threatened by loss of habitat, but is increasing in the northern and northwestern parts of North America. Their decline also correlates with the Blue-winged Warbler’s expansion into the Golden-winged Warbler’s range. This expansion leads to competition and widespread hybridization of the two species. Photo
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Citizen Science – Promoting Bird Conservation
February is Citizen Science Month and to help spread the word we’ve created some “badges” in three sizes that you can put on your blog or website. But citizen science wasn’t invented by us. All year long it is important to promote bird conservation through the work of regular people, specifically people who like birds
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Citizen Science – The Key to Bird Conservation
The Birdfreak Team has declared February Citizen Science Month, dedicated to citizen science projects and ideas relating to birds. We’ve said in the past that citizen science is very important to birds and bird studies, but what is citizen science exactly? It is a partnership between the regular “Joes” and the professional scientists, and sometimes
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