Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
See that partridge in a pear tree? Make sure you count it for Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count, one of the largest and longest running citizen science projects in existence today. It’s a 112 year tradition, with upwards of 60,000 person-days of effort and more than 60 million birds counted each year. “Each of the citizen … Read more “Christmas Bird Count takes flight”
Categories: Animals, Biology, Birds, Ecology & Environment
Shake off your Valentine’s Day chocolate-induced haze and break out those binoculars: The Great Backyard Bird Count 2011 takes place this Friday through next Monday, February 18 to 21. The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event during which bird watchers count birds to create a real-time snapshot of where birds are located … Read more “Join The Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend!”
Categories: Animals, Biology, Birds, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
New to bird watching? Professor Stuart Pimm talks us through the basics in this video. Many bird watchers share their observations with researchers in an effort to learn about and protect these little critters that are so important to our ecology. If you’re interested in getting involved in bird watching to help science, you’ll find … Read more “An introduction to bird watching.”
Categories: Birds, Citizen Science
