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Every February, the Lab, the Audubon Society, and Birds Canada host the 4-day Great Backyard Bird Count. which takes place all over the world. The Cornell Lab also operates many Bird Cams [15] which stream live video of nesting birds in the spring.
eBird is an online database of bird observations providing scientists, researchers and amateur naturalists with real-time data about bird distribution and abundance.Originally restricted to sightings from the Western Hemisphere, the project expanded to include New Zealand in 2008, [1] and again expanded to cover the whole world in June 2010.
After a bird that died flying into a lighthouse was identified as a cahow, on 28 January 1951, [2] [8] 18 surviving nesting pairs were found on rocky islets in Castle Harbour by Murphy and Mowbray and with them was a 15-year-old Bermudian boy, David B. Wingate, who would become the primary conservationist in the fight to save the bird.
Three people birdwatching with binoculars. Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science.A birdwatcher may observe by using their naked eye, by using a visual enhancement device such as binoculars or a telescope, by listening for bird sounds, [1] [2] watching public webcams, or by viewing smart bird feeder cameras.
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For his achievements in the study of Peruvian birds and his guidance to a new generation of ornithologists, the newly described Sira barbet of Peru was named in his honor in 2012. [19] In 2016, in a rare instance, the American Ornithologists' Union awarded him a second time (after the Brewster Medal) with the Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award.
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