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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2015
6), which raises awareness of the perils threatening shorebirds and the need to protect them and their habitats. Interestingly, citizen science isn’t its primary goal. It’s part of World Shorebirds Day (celebrated annually Sep. The effort uses eBird to tally the numbers of shorebirds that people spot the world over.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2023
Supporting local conservation organizations and participating in citizen science initiatives allows us to contribute to the protection of Shanghai’s bird species and their habitats. By shedding light on the ironies, we can spark conversations, raise awareness, and maybe—just maybe—inspire change.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2020
This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.”
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2023
Birding can be enjoyed at various levels of intensity, from casual birdwatching in one’s backyard to more dedicated pursuits that involve keeping birding lists, participating in birding competitions, or contributing to citizen science projects.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. Here’s the petition. Nobody needs to eat them. They are shot for sport, and sometimes for food.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. That is one year for one organization.
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