Delivering Citizen Science Data to Citizens

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Delivering Citizen ScienceData to Citizens

• Paul Allen
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

• interpreting and conserving the earths
  biological diversity through research, education,
  and citizen science

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Citizen Science

• Harness passion and expertise of contributors
• Involves contributors in research
• Provides tools that make contribution simple
  easy
• Address large scale scientific issues
• Promotes
• environmental awareness
• conservation of biological diversity
• scientific literacy

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www.eBird.org

• Any bird, any where, any time
• Anyone can contribute their observation
• Required core fields
• Who
• Where
• When
• Effort
• Species

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www.eBird.org

• Protocols
• Casual
• Stationary (Point Count)
• Traveling (Transect)
• Area Search
• Checklists by state/BCR
• Review for
• out of range
• out of season
• unusually high numbers

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Mapping tool
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map1
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map2
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topo
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photo
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closer
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Even closer
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eBird Output Reporting

• Using online tools, anyone can query the full
  eBird database
• Create maps, graphs, and tables of
• Abundance
• Frequency
• High Counts
• Group Size
• Species Totals

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Bird Checklist Kiosk Project

• Each kiosk
• Location-specific checklist program
• A customized bird checklist and filters
• The ability to submit checklists from multiple
  locations
• Mapping tool to locate specific reports
• Internet uplink to centralized database
• Information about the birds found at the location
• Email of observations directly to user

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Kiosk Networks

• Kiosks can be linked into a kiosk networks.
• e.g. state birding trail
• Each kiosk network may have multiple kiosk
  coverage areas.
• e.g., a National Wildlife Refuge
• A kiosk coverage area may have one or more kiosk
  locations.
• e.g., the north entrance of the National Widlife
  Refuge
• Results from any kiosk in the network are
  available at any kiosk in the network.

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User ID
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Mapping tool
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map1
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map2
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topo
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photo
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closer
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effort
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All the birds
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Checklist
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Checklist 2
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Checklist 3
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Summary
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success
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