{"id":3152,"date":"2019-01-09T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:19:43","slug":"ebird-status-and-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/ebird-status-and-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Powered by Data from eBird and NASA, These Maps Are a Game-Changer for Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo aspect-16-9\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barn Swallow Animated Abundance Map\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/306270711?h=b10fab9ec9&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This map shows the changing abundance and locations of Barn Swallows throughout the year. Yellow areas have the fewest Barn Swallows and purple areas have the most (up to 437 swallows during a one-hour count)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright has-lightgray-background-color has-background order-third is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-list list-style card-four \"><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/ebird.org\/science\/status-and-trends\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ebirds.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ebirds-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ebirds-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ebirds-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ebirds.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"eBird-status and trends\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\"><\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ebird.org\/science\/status-and-trends\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Explore Maps: Visit eBird Status and Trends Web Page<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/beyond-range-maps-new-ebird-maps-reveal-bird-abundance-and-population-trends\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CWaxwing-abundance.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CWaxwing-abundance.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CWaxwing-abundance-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Cedar Waxwing abundance, eBird map\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\"><\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/beyond-range-maps-new-ebird-maps-reveal-bird-abundance-and-population-trends\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Beyond Range Maps: New eBird Maps Reveal Bird Abundance and Population Trends<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/ebird.org\/science\/status-and-trends\/faq\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RHummingbird-map.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RHummingbird-map.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RHummingbird-map-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Rufous Hummingbird range map\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\"><\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ebird.org\/science\/status-and-trends\/faq\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">FAQs About the eBird Status and Trends Resources<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2018, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology released the first in a series of new maps, charts, and data resources that reveal unprecedented details about not just where birds are, but how their numbers and habitats change through the seasons and years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlocking this wealth of information required more than 114 years of cloud computing time, provided by Amazon Web Services, to process observations recorded in eBird by more than 120,000 bird watchers across North America, along with satellite imagery from NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result: a captivating, data-driven portrait of the changing movements and numbers of birds\u2014showing the full sweep of birds across the entire continent down to your own neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new data-driven maps and visualizations, called \u201ceBird Status and Trends,\u201d are powerful new tools for science and conservation, realizing the original vision for eBird to monitor the health of bird populations across the continent in near real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maps and additional data-driven visualizations for 107 bird species are available and&nbsp;<a 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