Another Global Big Day option: It's not too late to register a team for the Fort Collins Audubon Society Birdathon. We want teams to bird on May 14, but it's a fundraiser, so if May 14 won't work for you we're allowing teams to count birds in any 24-hour period from May 13-22. Download forms from our website at http://fortcollinsaudubon.org/birdathon.
John Shenot FCAS President Fort Collins, CO On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 1:23:10 PM UTC-6, David Suddjian wrote: > Dear COBirders, > > The second annual Global Big Day > <http://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=b2854cad0d&e=06dc851e6e> > kicks > off this Saturday, 14 May. > > The concept is simple: how many birds can a global community of birders > find in one day? To answer that question, we’ll need as many people > birding as possible on 14 May—all entering their observations into eBird > <http://cornell.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=602225bceb&e=06dc851e6e> > . > > Last year, the first annual Global Big Day engaged more than 14,000 people > from 140 countries to submit almost 40,000 checklists, featuring > 6,158 species of birds. Perhaps most importantly, this event introduced > eBird to thousands of new people around the world. Many became year-round > eBird participants, whose data now regularly inform science and > conservation. > > There are many ways to get involved with Global Big Day. At its simplest, > participating in GBD2016 means that you go birding and submit an eBird > checklist on 14 May. That day is also International “Migratory Bird Day”, > the “North American Migration Count”, the “World Series of Birding” in New > Jersey, and the “Great Canadian Birdathon.” Please support our global and > local partners by taking part in these events—and submit your sightings to > eBird, automatically making these data part of Global Big Day! > > More info can be found here: > Taking Part in Global Big Day > <http://cornell.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=71c2e6b36a&e=06dc851e6e> > (how > to participate) > Global Big Day HQ page > <http://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=3cd740db87&e=06dc851e6e>, > > a one-stop-shop for GBD info. > See the main eBird GBD2016 Facebook Event here > <http://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=6f1edc064b&e=06dc851e6e> > . > David Suddjian > Littleton, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/add718f1-4bd0-47a4-b21d-6509aabf7eeb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
