Noticias sobre observación de aves
eBird Update--Now embed photos in your checklists!
We're getting lots of emails requesting details on how to embed photos into eBird checklists so in case you missed it last time, here it is again! We are excited to report that it is now possible to embed photos within checklists from photo-sharing sites such as Flickr and Picasa! This not only makes the checklists look more attractive, but also makes it easier for reviewers to review and confirm your rare sightings. These images will be viewable in eBird checklists (accessed via My eBird and point maps), in eBird Alerts online, and will be accessible to eBird reviewers, making their job much easier. For example, the Lark Sparrow pictured here will be easy to confirm, and so will the other rarities seen on this day, including a local mega-vagrant at this location -- House Sparrow! View checklist.
Localidades personales y "Hotspots".
Ya llevamos casi 4 meses desde el lanzamiento oficial de eBird-Chile y ya estamos cerca de las 60.000 observaciones en nuestra base de datos. Nada mal, pero aún estamos muy lejos de nuestra meta de 130.000 observaciones para Agosto de 2010, por eso les reiteramos la invitación a subir sus datos y a seguir censando nuestra avifauna.
The ROC is born!
Birds and wildlife watchers network of Chile or simply ROC, is a new natural history study and conservation organization in Chile. The ROC promotes the collection of field data, such as census techniques, to help define the most important areas for bird conservation in Chile. In this sense, the ROC is a perfect complement to eBird Chile, which it will now manage. With eBird Chile, plus the water birds census, species-specific projects (e.g., ringing and national census of White-backed stilt and American oystercatcher), and the development of a field watchers network, we hope to create an excellent tool for the conservation of natural environments. All ROC data will be included in eBird Chile, and it will be the official tool for studies and analysis at the ROC. We are very proud to introduce these complementary forces: eBird Chile and ROC.
eBird Chile is a reality!
We already have an eBird portal dedicated exclusively to Chilean birds. eBird now is the best tool for gathering knowledge about the birds of Chile. eBird is a real-time, online checklist program. Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Join us in this new challenge that will allow us to know better our birds.
