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@Team_eBird
eBird
4 years
This Vermilion Flycatcher wants to know what birds you saw over the weekend? #birding #birds #weekendbirds #eBirdadventure
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Did you have any surprise visitors over the weekend? This Short-eared Owl took a little break on a front porch in Pennsylvania. #eBirdLife #birding #birdingfromhome #balconybirding
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A new era of eBird Science is here: Status and Trends. Your sightings and novel analysis methods have combined to create detailed population information for 107 species of North American birds. Learn more and explore exciting new results here:
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#eBirdScience just released new & exciting products that let us see migration at the scale of continents for the 1st time for 610 species! Now we can see the paths birds take & see where they are most abundant. #citizenscience #conservation @NASA
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5 years
#GlobalBigDay results are in: a new world record for the biggest team of people birding in a single day! Thank you to the more than 32,500 people who reported 6,816 species in 171 countries on 4 May. And congrats to #Colombia on 1,590 species in one day!
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Getting into the holiday spirit with the Mistletoebird. These bright red denizens of open woodlands can often be found feasting on one of their favorite foods—mistletoe berries. #BirdTwitter
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You never know what you'll see on the deck! Porch-loving Yellow Rail in New York. Unbelievable. Pic ©Jodie Stahl.
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2017 was #eBird 's 15th year, and biggest ever, with more than 100 million observations across 240 countries. Combined with exciting scientific applications and fun new birding tools, it's been a great year. Thank you for making this possible. See more:
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6 years
We've done it! A new world record! As a global team, 25,851 birders have reported 6,671 species of birds on #GlobalBigDay (and still climbing!). Thank you. If you went birding on 5 May, your sightings can still count! Report them on #eBird before 9 May:
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4 years
Global Big Day results are in! What an incredible day 😲 >50,000 people went #birding & spotted 6, 479 species on 120,000 #eBird checklists! Thank you to everyone who participated! What was the best part of your #GlobalBigDay ?
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6 years
Official #GlobalBigDay results: a new world record—2/3rds of the world's birds in a single day. #Colombia takes the #1 place for species, with an amazing 1546 species in one day. Thanks to all who participated—this record is yours. See full results here:
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The results are in: FOUR WORLD RECORDS on #GlobalBigDay ! 🥳 51,800 people spanning 192 countries—the biggest #birding team ever—reported 7,234 species in a single day. Congrats & thank you to everyone who participated in this incredible achievement! #eBird
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3 years
American Robins are on the move. See their movements in this Status & Trends animated abundance visualization and watch for large groups on your next birding adventure #eBirdScience #movementecology #ornithology #birding
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4 years
Coming soon to your Android device—eBird Mobile Explore! Hotspots, species lists, target lists, and driving directions all at your fingertips. Get ready! Birding is about to get a whole lot better! #birding #eBird #birds #nature #getoutside #birdwatching
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3 years
Dreaming of migration? So are we! A recent study using #eBird data suggests more tree cover and less light pollution can help migrating #birds in urban areas. #nature #bird #birding #BirdTwitter #ornithology
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7 years
What did birds do for #Eclipse2017 ? #eBird sightings show owls out in the day, hawks+herons roosting! See more:
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7 years
Brand new Indigo Bunting STEM map, thanks to your #eBird checklists throughout the Americas. See full year:
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7 years
#GlobalBigDay results are in! New world record for one day of birding. 6564 species. 151 countries. 18800 birders.
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3 years
Is it easier to get your owls in a row than your ducks in a row? Maybe. Multiple Short-eared Owls sometimes work the same field to find food, and communal winter roosts can number up to 200 birds! Thanks, Russ Morgan! #eBirdFrontPage
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4 years
It's still daytime in much of the Americas and #GlobalBigDay 2020 has *already* set a new world record for the number of people birding in one day! 36,000 people, 78,000 checklists of birds, 168 countries. Add your 9 May bird sightings before Wednesday at !
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4 years
What fun #birds did you spot over the weekend? Check out this picture perfect shot by Pat Schiller of a Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. How's that for a size comparison! #weekendbirds #birdID
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Global Big Day is coming soon! This year we want to know about what’s happening around you. Birds are everywhere, so there’s no need to even leave your home. On 9 May join >35,000 people in the joy of #birding . #GlobalBigDay #birdtwitter
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On Saturday, #GlobalBigDay , 48,000+ people logged over 114,000 checklists of bird sightings in one day—a new world record for one day of birding. If you saw any bird on 9 May and haven't logged your list, enter before 13 May to be in the official results:
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5 years
Sightings from 100s of thousands of birdwatchers are helping optimize #conservation efforts across the Americas. A paper published this week in @NatureComms uses #eBird data to identify key areas to conserve populations of 117 migratory bird species:
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7 years
Church-going Magnificent Frigatebird, far from home on Seal Is., Nova Scotia. Great find for Canada! Pic ©David Bell
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Who is excited about #GlobalBigDay tomorrow?👋 Anyone can participate & you don't need to bird for 24 hrs. Only have 5 minutes? that counts, just login to eBird & enter your observations. Join > 30,000 people for a fun & inspiring day of #birding !
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Now presenting the Status and Trends Custom Mapping Tool! ✏️ The Status and Trends Custom Mapping Tool allows users draw on abundance maps to identify the % of the population within a specified area. Explore the new tool here:
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5 years
eBird is back! Yay!😁
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3 years
Migration alert! Millions of birds will fly thru night skies this weekend. It should make for fantastic birding—but don't forget to turn out lights at night, to help migrants stay on course. More at BirdCast:
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5 years
eBird's new Abundance Maps give a single-frame snapshot of a species' full range, where it's most numerous, and in what season it is there. A single map may have never contained so much information about where and when a species occurs. Explore more:
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4 years
WOW! #OctoberBigDay was phenomenal! New & young birders & seasoned birders headed out to celebrate #birds . >31,000 people spotted 7,036 species. Submit your obs now to help us beat the record of most species seen in 1 day! #globalbirdweekend
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4 years
Are you ready to be a part of birding’s next world record? Join us on 9 May for Global Big Day and share what you see—you can spend 5 minutes, or the whole day! Where will you be #birding ? #GlobalBigDay
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2 years
Introducing #eBird Trip Reports—a new way to share your birding stories. #eBirdTripReports bring together your checklists, creating a fun summary of where you went, what you found, and your photos & audio. You’ve never seen your eBirding like this before!
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2 years
#OctoberBigDay is here! Will you be a part of a new world record? Go birding on 8 October, #eBird what you find, and see what birders around the world can accomplish together. #BirdsUniteOurWorld #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #GlobalBirdWeekend #GoBirding #BirdTwitter #birds #birding
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3 years
The Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: United States and Canada is here! Expertly curated with thousands of new songs, calls, & flight calls for 900 species. Available now as an MP3 download. Get yours today or give the gift of #bird song. #birding #birdID
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4 years
#OctoberBigDay is next weekend! We invite you to go #birding on Oct 17th & share what you see with eBird. This year's event also takes place during #GlobalBirdingWeekend —another great opportunity to share the joy of birding. What birds are you looking forward to seeing?
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5 years
Birding can bring many surprises! Matthew Grube recently photographed something we certainly haven't seen before—what appears to be a Yellow-breasted Chat x oriole hybrid! What's the coolest hybrid bird you've seen? #birding #birdtwitter #birds
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2 years
eBird Status Maps are now interactive! 👀 Zoom in & get detailed information for more than 1,000 species around the world. Thanks @Mapbox for the awesome dynamic maps & to all the eBirders who shared observations! @CornellBirds #eBirdScience #birds
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#job . The Bartels Science Illustration Program @cornellbirds is looking for early-career illustrators to work on #scicomm & #sciart projects and create accurate & detailed bird illustrations for @birdsoftheworld . Learn more and apply by Oct 4th.
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5 years
76,682 eBirders logged 20.3 million bird sightings in May 2019: 7.5 per second. Your incredible contributions now total 664,276,030 #eBird observations, all available for free to millions of people each year. We can't wait to see what we can continue to build together. Thank you.
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Calling all young birders! This July, 16 high school-aged young birders will come together at the Cornell Lab in Ithaca for an unforgettable weekend to learn about bird-related careers. Please share with anyone you know that might be interested!
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#eBird now contains more than half a billion bird sightings. The 500,000,000th sighting? A Barn Swallow from Myanmar seen by Wich'yanan (Jay) Limparungpatthanakij! Thank you, #eBirders everywhere. Pic ©Jonathan Eckerson/ @MacaulayLibrary
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#eBirders have already reported 6,000 species on 135,000 bird lists from 155 countries this year: the #YearoftheBird . What's your favorite bird experience so far in 2018? #birdyourworld Pic: Black-throated Sparrow ©Marky Mutchler/ @MacaulayLibrary .
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#eBird and the @MacaulayLibrary have a fun & useful new tool: the eBird photo + sound quiz. Have fun while practicing your bird identification! Warning: your spare time may never be the same.
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4 years
Wow! This striking Flame Bowerbird, photographed by Niall D Perrins in Papua New Guinea, is featured on the #eBirdfrontpage this week! What birds have you seen that made you say "Wow!" recently? #eBird #nature #wildlife #birds #bird #birding #BirdTwitter
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#GlobalBigDay is right around the corner and we are excited to see what #birds the world can find in one day. Wherever you are, you can take part by #birding mindfully.
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5 years
Did you know that not all #birds migrate north-to-south? Using data from thousands of eBirders, #eBirdScience maps show how Red-headed Woodpeckers move west from their southeastern US range to the Great Plains for the summer. Explore more: #sciencetwitter
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Don't forget to note your bird sightings in #eBird during the #eclipse tomorrow! #Eclipse2017
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The eBird Status & Trends Project is pleased to announce the release of the 2021 eBird Status & Trends visualizations. This year, the team modeled relative abundance for 1,009 species across the globe using data from > 300,000 eBirders. 🎉 #eBirdScience
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#OctoberBigDay is next weekend! We invite you to go #birding on Oct 9th & share what you find with #eBird . By taking part, you’re also joining in #GlobalBirdWeekend and celebrating #WorldMigratoryBirdDay . Where will you be eBirding on Saturday? #birds
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4 years
And we're off! #GlobalBigDay 2020 kicks off with a Little Owl reported at 12:33am from Marlborough, New Zealand by Baylee Connor-McClean. Follow along with live Global Big Day results here over the next few days, and report what you see on 9 May!
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Last week, the American Ornithological Society announced its intention to rename birds that were named after people. Team eBird is optimistic that this decision will result in a net benefit to birding by honoring birds and making birding more accessible.
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6 years
#OctoberBigDay results are in! More than 50% of the world's bird species in a single day: 6,136 species from 146 countries, reported by 17,000 eBirders. Thanks to everyone who makes #eBird and events like October Big Day possible. Full results:
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7 years
See migration like never before, thanks to your #eBirding . See full Barn Swallow vid and learn more here:
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7 years
Bird populations are at risk all around the world. Our new #eBird Sensitive Species initiative ensures that precise-location data on endangered & human-targeted species can be collected in a way that helps the species without exposing them to persecution.
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4 years
The BirdCast Team is predicting a large flight of nearly 600 million #birds tonight across much of the central and southeastern US. With a spotting scope and clear skies, you might even be able to see migrants flying past the full moon! 😎🌕🐦 #birdtwitter
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Want to become an eBirder? Get started by taking our free eBird Essentials course. Our video tutorials and step-by-step instructions will get you ready to confidently record & share your sightings with eBird—no prior birding experience required! #birding
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4 years
#OctoberBigDay is back and bigger than ever! If you thought #GlobalBigDay was fun, join us for another opportunity to celebrate birds all day long. Participating is easy - just submit eBird checklists on 17 October! #eBird #birds #birding #BigDay
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6 years
#GlobalBigDay is happening! 2080 bird species have already been reported from 1000 birders in 92 countries, and the day is still young for most of the world...! Make sure to go birding today, 5 May, and submit your sightings to #eBird to make them count!
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The biggest day in #birding is just around the corner. Create an eBird Trip Report for 13 May: . As you submit checklists on Global Big Day, the report will automatically update with the #birds you found. Share your results using the hashtag #GlobalBigDay .
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4 years
Turkey Vultures, while not the most charismatic of birds, are nature’s cleaners—an important ecosystem service. They are also one of most widespread birds in the Americas from southern Canada to southern South America. #eBirdScience #conservation
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4 years
Tree Swallows are migrating! Did you know that during the winter, they sometimes gather in groups of millions? Yet in the summer, you usually see them in pairs. That's the value of counting—knowing how many birds there are tells us more than just where they are. #eBirdscience
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3 years
This weekend only! Explore stunning profiles of all 10,721 bird species with Birds of the World, the largest, most comprehensive encyclopedia of birds. All accounts are open access in honor of #gbbc . New subscribers save 10% with code GBBC10 #BirdTwitter
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4 years
Once you've been bitten by the #birding bug, you spot birds no matter what you are doing. Remember if birding was not your primary activity, like when you spotted an osprey out your office window, you'll need to create an incidental checklist. Learn more:
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To help you get ready for #OctoberBigDay , we are providing FREE access to @birdsoftheworld —the source for everything you want to know about all the #birds 🐦Free access starts on Friday at 9 am Eastern/1 pm GMT until Monday 9 am Eastern/1 pm GMT #birding
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Over 7,000 checklists of bird sightings from 9 May have already been reported for #GlobalBigDay , from 120 different countries! Where are you birding for Global Big Day?
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What was your most memorable #birding event of 2019? This shot of a Short-eared Owl by Lizabeth Southworth, would have made it in my top 10 most memorable days of birding! #nature #birds #birdwatching #birdtwitter #birdphotography
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2 years
eBird and Macaulay Library network services have been restored and everything should be functioning normally. Happy birding!
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How do birds shape your life? Graduate research assistant Lauren D. Pharr ( @ldpharr ) shares how she came to study urban birds and what #birding means to her. #eBird #nature #wildlife #birds #BirdTwitter @BlackAFinSTEM
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The #BirdCast migration forecast predicts millions of birds migrating through the central and eastern US! Check in at for the latest news on migration near you (including live maps), and #eBird what you find!
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Find nature where you are and help organizations like @Backyard_Base create equitable access to local outdoor spaces @BlackAFinSTEM #BecauseofBlackBirdersWeek #NatureIsEverywhere
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Global Big Day is coming! Wherever you are, be a part of birding’s biggest team by sharing the #birds you find on 8 May 2021. Learn how: #GlobalBigDay #bird #birding #birdtwitter
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Thank you Vincent Wang for your shot of a Indochinese Green-Magpie from Guangxi, China — it's on the #eBirdfrontpage ! #eBirdfrontpage are chosen from last week's top-rated photos #eBird #nature #wildlife #birds #bird #birding #BirdTwitter #birdphotography
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Thanks Pankaj Chibber for contributing this photo of a Himalayan Black-lored Tit from India to the Macaulay Library—it's on the #eBirdfrontpage ! #eBirdfrontpage are chosen from last week's top-rated photos #nature #wildlife #birds #birding #birdtwitter
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Want an all-expenses paid trip to #Colombia ? Check out 'The Birders'—a film about birding in the northern reaches of the most bird-diverse country in the world. Name three species from the film for your chance to win. View the full movie here: @procolombia
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Birding is a great hobby! What do you love about birding?
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I kinda wanna explore birding as a hobby now.
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3 years
Still recovering from #OctoberBigDay & #GlobalBirdWeekend ? It's not too late to share your #weekendbirds with #eBird . So far 31,000 people from 191 countries have reported #birds from 9 Oct. Submit lists before Wednesday to be included in official results:
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New research comparing #eBird data from 2020 to previous years found that changes in #birding during the global pandemic may have consequences for studies that use community science data. Learn more: #birds #bird #ornithology #BirdTwitter #nature
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Rufous Hummingbirds take a more easterly migration route in fall to take advantage of late summer mountain wildflowers. #eBirdScience maps show these “loop migrations,” helping conservationists protect #birds at the right place and time. #sciencewitter
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The #GlobalBigDay total crests 5000 species spanning 143 countries! @Colombia leads species with 721. The list that took us over 5000 was from Uganda, by eBirder Proscovia Nanyombi. Explore all sightings and add your own to birding's biggest day here: .
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We're upgrading My eBird! The new My eBird has more ways for you to track and manage your data to help you get the most out of #eBird . Plus it's new modern design is mobile friendly. Take a sneak peek at the new features coming soon! #birding #CommunityScience
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Deep scientific content on #birds , photographs, videos, range maps, animated migration maps, overviews of all 249 families, with illustrations of every species in the world! Find it all in our brand new publication called BIRDS OF THE WORLD. Coming soon!
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We heard your requests for better ways to manage the media in your #eBird checklist. Coming soon, a tool optimized for working with your photos & audio, including new behavior tags, options to select >1 piece of media, viewing your media larger, & more. Take a sneak peek.
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From millions of new participants to a billion #bird observations, 2021 was a year of milestones. Join us as we look back at everything you helped @Team_eBird , @MerlinBirdID , @MacaulayLibrary , and @birdsoftheworld to accomplish in 2021. Thank you! #birds
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Observations by bird watchers helped #eBirdScience build amazing abundance animations that highlight when and where birds are. Have you ever wondered about where & when waterfowl turn up throughout the year? @DucksUnlimited @USFWS #birding #birds
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We apologize for the inconvenience. Cornell servers are still down, but crews are working into the night to solve the problem. Thank you for your patience. Gray-and-gold Tanager © Jonah Benningfield / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML185444271)
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The Blue Finch is found in the cerrado habitats of Brazil & Bolivia. During the breeding season, males sing their sweet whistled notes for long periods of time, perched conspicuously on a low branch or stone. Thanks, Caio Brito! #eBirdFrontPage #birds
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Have you seen the new face of #eBird ? A new look and feel + easier browsing on mobile devices and better access to your favorite #eBirding tools. Plus, there's a fun new stat: streak of consecutive days eBirding. What's your max streak?!
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#Birding is better with friends! Can we get half a million people eBirding before the end of the year? Help a friend get started on #eBird . Help us go from 497,994 eBirders to 500,000 before the end of the year. Who will be the 500,000th? #birdtwitter
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The Taxonomy Update is complete! Each year, we evaluate how species are classified during the eBird / Clemments Taxonomy Update. Newly recognized species can be classified, and existing species can be split into multiple, or lumped into one.
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It's time for #GlobalBigDay ! Will you be a part of a new world record? Go #birding on 8 May, #eBird what you find, and see what birders around the world can accomplish together. #nature #wildlife #birds #bird #BirdTwitter
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Do you like birds and numbers? We're looking for a #postdoc to join the team @CornellBirds to analyze @Team_eBird data. Please RT! #STEM #blackAFinStem
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eBird
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#OctoberBigDay is a month away! #eBird anywhere on October 9 to be a part of the fun. If you are looking for new places to #bird near you check out the Explore Hotspots tool on the web or free eBird Mobile app. #birding #birds #birdtwitter #nature
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