World Shorebirds Day — September 6th — aims to raise awareness about these beautiful beachcombers and their imperiled habitats. Read More “Celebrate World Shorebirds Day — and join the global count”
It’s dusk, the second week of March 2018. The rumble of traffic from Highway 76 crawls through a thin line of trees and into the … Read More “Barred Owls’ move to the ‘burbs gets researcher’s attention”
The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has presented the first Leon Levy Award for Innovation in Bird Conservation to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in recognition … Read More “eBird receives first-ever conservation honor from American Bird Conservancy”
Oh, how we would have liked to have a photo of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, not a Hooded Merganser, on the cover of our February 2015 … Read More “In our February 2015 issue: Diving ducks on frozen lakes and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker”
Make your birdwatching count in October! Below we list seven citizen-science projects that need you. The list is up to date and useful because it’s … Read More “Seven citizen-science projects you can join in October”
We love eagle watches, bird surveys, loon counts, breeding bird atlases, and other citizen-science projects. They’re fun and interesting, they’re a good way to make … Read More “Year-round citizen-science projects”
You can help restore California Condor populations. And you can do so without leaving home, just by using your computer. All you have to do … Read More “New website lets citizen scientists monitor condors”
Get ready to count chickadees! The annual Great Backyard Bird Count starts on Friday, February 14. Birdwatchers from more than 100 countries are expected to … Read More “It’s time for the Great Backyard Bird Count!”
A new season for one of our favorite citizen-science projects kicks off two weeks from today. Project FeederWatch begins on Saturday, November 9. You and … Read More “Citizen scientists: Join the action at Project FeederWatch”
We’re always happy to hear from Diana Doyle, and we’re especially interested at this time of year. You may remember her excellent articles in the … Read More “Boating citizen scientists gather valuable data about seabirds”
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