Edit: I used to be a huge supporter of eBird, both in terms of promoting it and through financial support of Cornell. This is no longer the case. I think eBird has had bad effects on birding, as detailed here. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has also thrown their support behind this misguided decisions of … More eBird Species Cartogram for the United States
Edit: I used to be a huge supporter of eBird, both in terms of promoting it and through financial support of Cornell. This is no longer the case. I think eBird has had bad effects on birding, as detailed here. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has also thrown their support behind this misguided decisions of … More Reshaping the World with eBird Data
Edit: I used to be a huge supporter of eBird, both in terms of promoting it and through financial support of Cornell. This is no longer the case. I think eBird has had bad effects on birding, as detailed here. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has also thrown their support behind this misguided decisions of … More Thirty Years of eBird “Top 100” Data
The idea of a Global Big Working Year is to see as many species as possible between Jan 1 and Dec 31 without geographical constraint, but rather with a more pedestrian limitation: you have to work normal hours at your full-time day job, just like during any other year. (And no, if your full-time day … More A Global Big Working Year for Charity
Retinitis Pigmentosa, or RP, is a degenerative, hereditary eye disease, and a miserable hand to draw at the table of genetic inheritance. RP reduces, or outright destroys, peripheral vision, by attacking the rod photoreceptors which are distributed to the sides of the retina, away from the back of the eye, where the cones predominate. The cones provide … More Birding in the Tunnel
The recent accomplishments of Noah Stryker and Arjan Dwarshuis are impressive. Anyone that has traveled internationally for birding understands how grueling even a week or two can be. Uncomfortable overnight flights, jet-lag, immigration and visa paperwork, often barely adequate rooms (some with six- or eight-legged visitors), extreme heat, humidity or cold, and the joy of traveler’s … More Global Big Years and Day Jobs
