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1 ebird and Citizen Science: How ebird is tapping into the crowd to revolutionize avian science. -- Jeff Gerbracht--

2 8,676 contributors 239,856 checklists 3,175,430 observations

3 Overview Citizen Science Introduction to ebird Pushing data out Research, Analysis, Conservation

4 OBSERVATION OF NATURE Millions of people Percent Of Adult Population % 27 % 33% 31% * Joint agency surveys of U.S. outdoor recreational habits

5 Citizen Science and Birds National Audubon Society s Christmas Bird Count 2,100 Counts >50,000 Participants Started in 1900 USGS Breeding Bird Survey 4,100 Counts >3,000 Participants Started in 1966 Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas >45,000 Effort Hours > 1,200 Participants [Feb 2010] San Diego County Bird Atlas >50,000 Effort Hours >3,000 Participants ebird >1,200,000 observations / month > 70,000 Participants

6 Interpret and conserve the earth s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.

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19 Basic Data Exploration within ebird

20 Seasonal Occurrence of Passerines: San Bernardino (California)

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22 White-winged Scoter (December February)

23 White-winged Scoter (March - May)

24 White-winged Scoter (June - July)

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34 Flagged Records Around 15% of all checklists submitted to ebird are flagged by the automated filters. A bird dog A Catbird

35 Flagged Records Around 15% of all checklists submitted to ebird are flagged by the automated filters. These flagged records are then reviewed by regional experts in bird distribution. A bird dog A Catbird

36 ,800,000 Growth in ebird Checklists and Observations ebird 2.0 launch ,600, ,400,000 Observations ,200, ,000, , , , ,000 Checklists

37 ebird Statistics 2009 More than 13.9 million observations submitted 302,000 unique visitors to ebird 14.1 million page views 10:47 average time on site 260 ebird editors

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47 BUT., What have we learned so far with ebird data???

48 STEM Modeling; Fink et al. Avian Spatial Analysis; T. Fox et al. Ducks ebird/bbs Unlimited Modeling; Latin Munson Americaet al. Shorebird STEM Modeling; Surveys; Fink Save et al. our ebird Participant Modeling; Wong et al. Shorebirds, Mendocino Co., CA MaxentLandscope modeling; America D. Jongsomjit, PRBO Species occurrence in N. Pacific Site-based bird conservation; K. Cauldwell Ranforest BCR; Canadian Wildlife Yellow-billed Snail Kite Magpie research; Survey; K. Pias Audubon Bird Occurrence Service Analysis; Rogue Valley Upper Basin Bird California Monitoring; N. C. WA Council of Governments Avian habitat use Audubon analysis; Gailbraith et al., Kittlitz s Murrelet USFWS, research; AK H. Carter

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50 ebird Data Traveling Count Lat - Lon Year ( ) Julian Date (1-365) Observation Effort Observation Time Number of Observers Presence/absence <= 8 km long <= 3 hours ~150,000 observations ~30,000 locations National Landcover Data (NLCD) Classes 1.5 km pixel Spatial Composition (% coverage) Spatial Configuration (Fragstats) o Elevation o Climate (30 yr average) o Housing Density

51 Indigo Bunting Full Year

52 Indigo Bunting Spring Migration April 7 April 15 April 26 May 14

53 Indigo Bunting Breeding Chicago Detroit St. Louis Atlanta

54 Indigo Bunting Western Wood-Peewee Spring Arrival Dates Indigo Bunting Western Wood-Peewee Fall Departure Dates

55 Blackpoll Warbler Chimney Swift Eastern Wood-Peewee Palm Warbler Northern Rough-winged Swallow Ruby-throated Hummingbird

56 ebird Increase in Standardized Observations 100% 90% 80% 70% Standardized Observations 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% Casual Observations 10% 0%

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