eBird: A crowdsourced bird sighting database

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Post by oftenwrong » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:02 PM UTC

eBird: A crowdsourced bird sighting database
ebird.org

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Post by CameronNemo » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:14 PM UTC

This is pretty cool. Several restoration groups near where I grew up do birding outings and record their results, but I have no idea if those results are aggregated.

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Post by foo_barrio » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:29 PM UTC

This looks so cool. I am casually interested in bird watching, especially being able to identify them via their songs. However the moment I click to "explore" it requires a login. Yet-another login to manage before I am get to sample the data... window closed. I am not their target demo anyway.

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Post by ed312 » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:36 PM UTC

Looks cool! Wonder if they'd do a collaboration with iNaturalist?

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Post by privong » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:39 PM UTC

foo_barrio wrote: post #3

This looks so cool. I am casually interested in bird watching, especially being able to identify them via their songs. However the moment I click to "explore" it requires a login. Yet-another login to manage before I am get to sample the data... window closed. I am not their target demo anyway.

> Yet-another login to manage before I am get to sample the data... window closed. I am not their target demo anyway.

My understanding is that eBird is only for recording sightings, and not for doing identifications. For identifications you want the Merlin app/page[0]. I don't think eBird/Merlin distinguish that clearly enough. But I think what you're looking for at this point is Merlin, and not eBird.

[0] https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/merlin/id

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Post by anewguy9000 » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:40 PM UTC

if you like this you will probably also enjoy birdnet:

https://birdnet.cornell.edu/

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Post by BooneJS » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:40 PM UTC

I’ve used daily eBird alerts in my county to spot some neat visitors. I haven’t had the time to go look, ID, and contribute, but that’s the beauty of crowdsourcing!

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Post by Someone » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:43 PM UTC

Similar: https://www.xeno-canto.org/, a crowdsourced bird song database (over 600,000 recordings)

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Post by animal_spirits » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:49 PM UTC

privong wrote: post #5

foo_barrio wrote: post #3

This looks so cool. I am casually interested in bird watching, especially being able to identify them via their songs. However the moment I click to "explore" it requires a login. Yet-another login to manage before I am get to sample the data... window closed. I am not their target demo anyway.

> Yet-another login to manage before I am get to sample the data... window closed. I am not their target demo anyway. My understanding is that eBird is only for recording sightings, and not for doing identifications. For identifications you want the Merlin app/page[0]. I don't think eBird/Merlin distinguish that clearly enough. But I think what you're looking for at this point is Merlin, and not eBird. [0] https://ww…

Merlin is a great tool as well. But I encourage anyone who is casually interested in birds to signup, its a great website with much to learn and I would say state-of-the-art data visualization.

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Post by Pet_Ant » Wed, Nov 04, 2020, 2:51 PM UTC

CameronNemo wrote: post #2

This is pretty cool. Several restoration groups near where I grew up do birding outings and record their results, but I have no idea if those results are aggregated.

Shouldn't that be "crowed-sourced"? I feel like they really missed an opportunity there and maybe even a Schitt's Creek tie in.