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Advancing Shorebird Conservation with Data-driven Tools
In 2019, shocking news of bird declines made headlines across the nation—“Three billion birds lost since 1970.” This groundbreaking study led by researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology documented widespread declines of birds in North America over the last 40 years. Among the species that showed some of the steepest declines were shorebirds.
Lockdowns & Less Travel May Have Altered the Behavior of Birds
Researchers compared online eBird observations from the United States and Canada from before and during the pandemic. According to this new study, eighty percent of the bird species examined were reported in greater numbers in human-altered habitats during pandemic lockdowns.
2021 eBird Taxonomy Update — IN PROGRESS
TAXONOMY UPDATE IN PROGRESS eBird data are currently being updated as a part of eBird’s 2021 Taxonomy Update. It is normal to see life list numbers change this week and to see some names displaying inconsistently as the changes are applied.
Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Festival Aug 20-22, 2021
Join the Friends of Creamer’s Field on August 20-22 to celebrate the 24th annual Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Festival at Creamer’s Field State Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in Fairbanks, Alaska. Creamer’s Field State Migratory Waterfowl Refuge is known as one of the best places in Alaska to witness large congregations of Sandhill Cranes as adults and young […]
Taxonomy Update Coming!
August is always an exciting time of year for eBird, since we update all eBird records with the latest scientific advances in bird taxonomy. You might even get some ‘armchair lifers’ as species are split!
eBird Server Maintenance on 23 June – website unavailable 03:30-08:00 ET
eBird servers will be unavailable on 23 June between 03:30-08:00 ET (07:30-12:00 GMT), due to regularly scheduled maintenance. We have to do this periodically to keep everything up to date and offer the best user experience possible.
Dowitcher Identification in Spring
Distinguishing the two dowitcher species is a notorious challenge for birders, and is made even more difficult by regional variation in subspecies of Short-billed Dowitcher. Here in Alaska, we get the caurinus subspecies of Short-billed, and distinguishing them from Long-billed is relatively straightforward for birds in spring plumage – if you get a good, detailed […]
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Global Big Day—8 May 2021
Be a part of birding’s biggest team! Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you.
2021 Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival
Registration is OPEN for the Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival in Cordova, Alaska! This hybrid event will take place both virtually and in person May 6th-9th.
Reporting Banded Lesser Yellowlegs
Background The Lesser Yellowlegs is a Neotropical migrant shorebird that breeds in the boreal forests of Alaska and Canada and winters in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Since the 1970s, the species has experienced population declines of ~63-70% across its breeding range, with estimates of annual declines ranging from 5.3% (North American Breeding […]
