03-02: eBird's Spectacular Status & Trends with Tom Auer

The American Birding Podcast

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Science, Birding, Hobbies, Travel, Birdwatching, Leisure, Aba, Ornithology, Nature, Birds

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Cornell’s eBird has been around for 16 years now, and 2019 finds it as ingrained in the birding community, especially in North America, as it’s ever been. More users than ever plugging more data than ever into the project, which in turn facilitates a ton of great information that informs research, conservation, and everyday birding. In the last few weeks of 2018, eBird launched a new status and trend database, an incredibly detailed spatial and temporal information on bird populations, combining eBird data with NASA data that takes into account land cover and topography. Cornell's Tom Auer is the Geographic Information Science (GIS) Developer charged with creating these maps, and he joins host Nate Swick to talk about them.

Also, Fantasy Birding and a little on McCown's Longspur and the question of who bird common names are for.

Thanks to Rockjumper Birding Tours for sponsoring this episode of the podcast. Come join the ABA in Colombia this summer!

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0:00.0	Burning means adventure, and the American Birding Association and Rockjumper Worldwide
0:04.3	Birding Tours are at it again.
0:06.7	In July of 2019, we will explore Colombia, the ultimate paradise for birders with almost
0:12.2	2,000 species, including more hummingbird species than any other country.
0:17.2	We're excited together again to see our friends while also raising important funds for the ABA's conservation and community initiatives.
0:24.2	Pre-register now for what is certain to be an amazing time.
0:28.5	Tanagers, parrots, ant pittas, and the ABA family await you a short flight away.
0:34.0	Get more information at ABA.org slash travel.
0:44.3	Hello and welcome to another episode of the American Birding Podcast from the American
0:48.2	Birding Association.
0:49.8	I'm your host, Nate Swick, and I am excited to be here with you at the end of January.
0:55.0	Are any of you at the Space Coast Birding Festival in Titusville, Florida, right now?
0:59.9	The day that this podcast is scheduled to go live is right at the beginning of Space Coast.
1:04.5	The ABA is there. I am not there, unfortunately, but Jeff and Liz are at Space Coast.
1:08.9	We have a booth.
1:09.7	Please stop by, say hello, get a patch.
1:12.1	We have these awesome ABA 50th anniversary patches with the Tropic Bird on them.
1:16.6	Of course, put them on your burning paraphernalia, help celebrate the ABA's 50th year with us.
1:22.0	Space Coast is a very fun festival.
1:24.1	I've only been there one time, but there are few places in the ABA area that are
1:28.2	better than Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and all the areas around it this time of year,
1:33.8	especially if you like waterfowl and golds or even just one of those things. And this weekend
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