The leading science journal Nature has an article today about eBird working with satellites and supercomputers. It’s a nice explanation of a new development that the eBird team (a joint project of the Cornell Lab and Audubon) is really excited about: they’ve been awarded 100,000 hours of computing time on the National Science Foundation’s supercomputers. [...]
A Tree Swallow is not exactly the face of the Gulf oil spill at present—and we hope it never will be. But many backyard-nesting birds, including swallows, do migrate through the Gulf Coast twice a year. We’re encouraging people to participate in our NestWatch project as one way to keep an eye on their populations. [...]
Possibly one of the benefits to attending meetings in Europe is the conference facilities. Cornell Lab researcher Wes Hochachka recently visited Cáceres, Spain, a town the Romans founded in 25 B.C., and instead of shuffing into some concrete-and-glass monolith dotted with Starbucks, the attendants got to watch White Storks nesting atop the building’s brick-and-tile roof. [...]
The 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count coming up February 12-15 could be the greatest ever. It all depends on how many people heed the call to participate. GBBC coordinator Pat Leonard likes to think of each checklist a bird watcher submits as illuminating a small but important part of North America—your neighborhood. Each is [...]
