1. Birding with a purpose…

2. What Species? Take a Guess!

3. Cooper’s Hawk--CBC Results Higher totals reported nearly range-wide

4. What Species? Take a Guess!

5. Northern Bobwhite—CBC Results Drastic decrease across the Southeast

6. How Can We Keep the Common Birds Common?

7. What is eBird? Tool for gathering observational data Persistent bird observation archive Gathers baseline data on bird distribution and abundance Continental online checklist project Gathering and interpreting observational data for the conservation of biological diversity

8. Make these data available to the world! Help conserve biodiversity Solidify eBird as the new standard for bird recording Make birders better scientists The Big Picture… Monitoring and identifying important areas for birds Standard interface for developing Cit-Sci initiatives

9. eBird—Current Stats 93 % of checklists from the Lower 48 348,637 checklists submitted 1,501 species reported 15,919 individual users ~79 million individuals reported

10. North America United States Canada Mexico Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands Hispaniola Western Hemisphere Cuba Colombia Panama Geographic Coverage

11. Regional Applications - eBird Technology as a Tool

12. Encouraging Participation - Integration eBird Applied (BCN) Local (Vermont) National (aVerAves)

13. Create new look and feel User-friendly interface Build new output tools Focus on increasing user reward Build recurring participation Version 2 -- Goals Encourage submission of historic data Increase checklist submissions

14. Links to regional projects Discussion board Birding news and features Top fives Resources eBird Version 2—Building the eBird Community

15. Mapping tool Lat/Long My locations Hotspots Location management tools eBird Version 2—Data Entry

16. eBird Version 2—Species Pathway Location Personal and public data access Two major pathways Species Links to My eBird

17. Curve-billed Thrasher Distribution Gray indicates data present Tan indicates lack of data White indicates no coverage

18. Eurasian Collared-Dove Distribution 1900-2005 Shows current eBird coverage Map features 100 km frequency grid Displays negative data

19. Pine Warbler Distribution Migratory areas shown in light green Note vagrants in Colorado

20. Pine Warbler Breeding Distribution Map shows northern and southern breeding populations

21. Pine Warbler Winter Distribution Some observed at feeders in the North Core wintering area is the Southeast

22. eBird Version 2—Location Pathway

23. Frequency bar charts Any date and location eBird Version 2—Location Pathway

24. Learn about species occurrence at any location Details migratory interval for every species eBird Version 2—Location Pathway

25. View sample size Download data Interactive graphs Regional maps Glossary links Olive-sided Flycatcher Frequency--Chicago, IL

26. Interact with data points Choose from six graph types

27. View your eBird stats Manage your data Maintain and manage lists Life, regional, state and county View and manage profile Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird

28. Lists first date and location Detailed checklist view Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird

29. Sort by location or date View all observations of a single species Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird

30. View diary notes Easy access to edit tools Print or download reports Keep Track of Your Lists Using My eBird

31. eBird Version 2—What Are the Results? The Not So Bad, and the Downright Ugly… The Good,

32. Evaluating Version 2.0 Learn what they like about eBird Learn what they dislike Figure out what drives users to submit checklists Get to know our users Database Queries & the eBird Survey

33. Evaluating Version 2.0 Create new look and feel User-friendly interface Build new output tools Increase personal user reward Growing eBird through Application Development

34. Goal: User-friendly Interface How easy is it to navigate this site?

35. How do you like the look and feel? Goal: Improved Look and Feel

36. Goal: Improved Output Tools My favorite part of the site is...

37. Goal: Increase Personal Reward Do you keep track of your bird lists using the features on My eBird?

38. eBird Version 2 – Reviewing the Goals Build recurring participation Encourage submission of historic data Increase checklist submissions Make birders better eBirders Encourage standardized counts

39. Goal: Increase Checklist Submissions 1.02.0 September 4619 9944 October 556614262 November622815912 December564016369 January678122498 February658820400

40. Goal: Gather Historic Data Jan. 2005 – Aug. 2005 eBird 2.0 Sept. 2005 – Feb. 2006 n = 119,116 n = 62,161

41. Goal: Recurring Participation Number of users submitting five or more checklists for the current or previous month

42. Number of Users Submitting 1 st eBird Checklist Note February highs presumably due to GBBC

43. eBird Version 2—Why submit multiple records? “Transcribing life list from well-worn journal” “Bird conservation. When I don’t submit a checklist, it is due to health problems.” “We submit a daily count for our yard. In addition, we submit counts for other sites we bird during the week. We like the fact that you can put the information to good use. At the same time, we have a great record for our own use.” “I want my observations to make a difference for the future of birds and birding. I enjoy watching my own database grow, and with it my experience and expertise. Finally, I am probably 'losing it', at least as far as my wife is concerned!”

44. What do you find most rewarding about eBird? “The knowledge that my data is contributing to a larger effort to understand birds.” “When looking back over our history... Seeing and remembering the day when we had a Scarlet Tanager and other rare visitors to our feeder.” “eBird 2 does a great job of keeping my lists for me. That was the incentive I needed to enter information from past years. Also, I love the new tool that allows you to pull up all of the sightings of a particular species at a particular location.”

45. eBird Version 2—eBird Partners with Zeiss Supports eBird initiatives Co-promotional agreement Zeiss becomes corporate sponsor Hooray!

46. Challenges – Okay, the Ugly Management issues Incomplete data entry/listing Growing pains! Promotion Hardware Limitations