eBird Tip
Let's say you want to find out if a certain species of bird has been reported in a particular area, perhaps all the locations within a county. There's a way in eBird to do just exactly that. For this example we'll search for Savannah Sparrow in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Once you're on eBird, follow these steps:
1. View and Explore Data.
2. Maps.
3. Select Species and Continue (type 'savannah sparrow').
4. Change Location.
5. Select a region (Wisconsin).
6. Select a sub-region (Counties in Wisconsin).
7. Select "Dane" and Continue.
8. Wait for markers to load...
Presto! Now you can zoom in or out on the map and find out where other eBirders have reported Savannah Sparrow.
3 Comments:
Yeah thanks, just thought I'd ask because while guides seem to describe them as everywhere, but wet fields or tall prairies seem not to have them.
The one thing that eeks me about ebird is that while you can select up to 5 species, but you can't differentiate between them on the map.
Mike,
One of the best places I know to find Savannah Sparrows in Middleton is along Deming Way between Airport Road and HWY 14. You can't miss them!
Cheers,
Mike M.
Thanks for reminding people about e-bird. Hopefully everyone that birds will get an account and regularly report the birds seen in their yards and their local birding sites.
This is an easy, but very important way to both collect data and make if available to everyone.
I was birding on the Upper Texas Coast and met some researchers that had used e-bird to locate places to find piping plovers which they were researching. Without e-bird, they would not have been able to get to all the specific places the piping plovers winter.
I try to remember to survey my yard once each month and also turn in unusual birds like the flocks of sandhill cranes that flew over or the migrants that came through.
Hope all your readers are citizen scientists as well.
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