Delivering Citizen Science Data to Citizens

Delivering Citizen ScienceData to Citizens Paul Allen Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology … interpreting and conserving the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science …

Citizen Science • Harness passion and expertise of contributors • Involves contributors in research • Provides tools that make contribution simple & easy • Address large scale scientific issues • Promotes • environmental awareness • conservation of biological diversity • scientific literacy

www.eBird.org • Any bird, any where, any time • Anyone can contribute their observation • Required core fields: • Who • Where • When • Effort • Species

www.eBird.org • Protocols • Casual • Stationary (Point Count) • Traveling (Transect) • Area Search • Checklists by state/BCR • Review for: • out of range • out of season • unusually high numbers

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eBird – Output & Reporting • Using online tools, anyone can query the full eBird database • Create maps, graphs, and tables of: • Abundance • Frequency • High Counts • Group Size • Species Totals

Bird Checklist Kiosk Project Each kiosk: • Location-specific checklist program • A customized bird checklist and filters • The ability to submit checklists from multiple locations • Mapping tool to locate specific reports • Internet uplink to centralized database • Information about the birds found at the location • Email of observations directly to user

Kiosk Networks • Kiosks can be linked into a kiosk networks. • e.g. state birding trail • Each kiosk network may have multiple kiosk coverage areas. • e.g., a National Wildlife Refuge • A kiosk coverage area may have one or more kiosk locations. • e.g., the north entrance of the National Widlife Refuge • Results from any kiosk in the network are available at any kiosk in the network.