Here are some excerpts from the “Magpie Monitor News”, an update from the Magpie Monitors (Bicycle Bird Biologists) of Davis, CA.
Magpie Alert!
Magpies are easier to see this time of year and they are out and about
checking out old nesting sites and scoping out new ones. Be alert and
note where you see activity. This [...]
The Observer for Fall 2006 has been posted online, and includes several interesting articles about how the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO) is working to organize and share vast amounts of observational data. Articles include Citizen Science at PRBO. Claire Peaslee describes citizen science projects established by PRBO, like the Beached Bird Survey, [...]
The annual Christmas Bird Count for the Point Reyes Peninsula was Saturday, and we were blessed with clear weather. I posted more about our experience, including some photos, on my other site, Critter Geek. This was my third year with the count; I wrote about my first year here.
A huge thanks to David [...]
The Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) federates observations from citizen scientists and agencies and then provides that back, along with discovery and visualization tools, to anyone who would like to use them. An enormous amount of data is collected about birds every year; the AKN seeks to archive that data into a common format. [...]
It’s time for Christmas Bird Count! This year’s count runs from December 15, 2006 thru January 5, 2007. Use this page to find a count circle near you.
Last year, 61,579,102 birds were reported by 2,060 counts. One of those over 61 million birds was a beautiful peregrine falcon that buzzed us twice [...]
