Recording Nest Data at E-bird
During the breeding season we will all make observations of birds on nests. That information contributes to our knowledge of bird distribution. You can participate in producing a country-wide breeding bird atlas. Ebird has developed an excellent way to make a national breeding bird atlas, each year, every year! It is a fantastic tool for us to record all of our nesting observations and contribute to citizen science. Ebird coordinators are currently working on this information being searchable. Until then, start populating the database so your 2012 data will be useful!
Ebird is so easy to use!
- Go to https://secure.birds.cornell.edu/cassso/login
- Sign Up (takes under 5 minutes) – one time sign up.’
- Submit Observations (very intuitive, no training is really necessary).
- After you enter the number of birds sighted at a location, either use the shortcut (one click on the space bar) or mouse over to the “details” section and click on the “details” tab.
- Click on the “Breeding Observation” tab.
- Select the best code.
Happy E-Birding!
