[Birdtalk] Help Migratory Bird Observations Fly into the Digital Age (no sightings)

[B.G. Sloan]

Thought some of you might be interested in this Wired article...

The North American Bird Phenology Program is asking for volunteers to help transcribe over 90 years worth of paper records of bird migration patterns. The goal is to have a broadly accessible database that can support research activities.
 
As the article notes:
 
"The only complete dataset of bird migration patterns in North America is trapped in a basement — and it's going to take the power of crowdsourcing to free it. "

More details at:

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/birddata.html

Bernie Sloan