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Recording Birds. Fiona Barclay. What do we do?. What’s the point?. Do rarities matter?. p hotos. blogs. emails. websites. texts. ‘phone calls. c ommunity groups. Who do our records come from?. Birders. Photographers. Members of the public. recorders. research. mobile. texts.
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Recording Birds Fiona Barclay
photos blogs emails websites texts ‘phone calls community groups
Who do our records come from? Birders Photographers Members of the public
recorders research mobile texts emails website
How to maximise value • Ensure we communicate our results with interested parties • Work together to define sites, constraints, traceability, automate systems • Ensure we are using ALL of our data (suppressed birds, negative news, photographic records) • Recruit, recruit, recruit
Why are we interested in mobile devices? portable omnipresent connected sexy? microphone speaker accessible demographic location aware camera share
rare? approval by sightings team usual? incorporate into database and sync upload a picture or call share structure tailored surveys
Conclusions • Convenience • Opens doors • Millions of devices • Likely evolution of devices • Enormous potential to recruit citizen scientists • Social networking of a more fulfilling sort
Acknowledgements • Richard Zito • Stephen Menzie • John Cromie • BTO