New research by Susan Walker, Adrian Monks, and John Innes from Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research has uncovered why New Zealand’s oldest forest bird families are dying out faster than new arrivals. Utilising the previous two Birds NZ Atlas datasets (1969-1979 and 1999-2004) to undertake their analyses, their conclusions could change how Aotearoa approaches conservation work and […]
Identifying birds from their calls and songs is an important part of birding. As many of you know, you’ll often hear more species than you’ll see when out and about, particularly when in the bush throughout Aotearoa.
We’re excited to finally announce the winner of our June Atlas Challenge! Wendy Hare was randomly selected from the 97 Atlasers who qualified for the challenge in June, with over 300 entries altogether.
From the 7th to 11th of this month we finally had the opportunity to undertake our first Atlasing trip, inviting along BirdsNZ members to come and help fill in effort gaps in the Effort Map around Rotorua after the BirdsNZ Conference in Thames. After an inspiring conference, myself and 16 other keen Atlasers set off […]
eBird servers will be unavailable on 23rd June between 19:30-00:00 NZST (03:30-08:00 ET), due to regularly scheduled maintenance. The eBird team have to do this periodically to keep everything up to date and offer the best user experience possible.
Today marks the Atlas project’s 2 year birthday and we’ve got a new Atlas challenge to mark it! It has flown by and we’ve been blown away by the participation and dedication of everyone in the Atlas community.
We’re excited to finally announce the winner of our Atlas Atlas Challenge! We’ve had a few technical difficulties so this is far later than we planned, apologies.
Mark the 8th May in your birding calendar for Cornell’s Global Big Day! This is an annual celebration of the birds around us, and no matter where you are, you can be part of a global birding effort and share the birds you find with eBird.
It’s that time again! This month we’ve got a great challenge for you all, with another fantastic prize up for grabs.
We’re excited to announce the winner of our February Atlas Challenge. Raewyn Empson was randomly selected from the 71 Atlasers who qualified for the challenge in February.
