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1 person is interested
Bird Blitz: Use a computer to help identify bird calls
ORGANIZATION: Point Blue Conservation Science
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1 person is interested
Are you:
- Familiar with Sonoma County bird calls?
- Interested in learning bird calls?
- Comfortable using a computer?
Join us as a citizen scientist to identify bird calls in sound recordings collected by the Soundscapes to Landscapes research project - no experience or prior bird call knowledge necessary! We'll give you a template bird call and a batch of recordings that the computer thinks are matches, and you'll mark if the computer got it right or not. Although this is a one-time 2-hour event, we hope you'll take the skills you gain home with you and continue to volunteer on your own time, from your own computer.
Soundscapes to Landscapes (S2L) is a science-based project that seeks to advance animal biodiversity monitoring by making use of Earth-observing satellites. The project is currently focused on monitoring bird diversity in Sonoma County, CA using automated sound recorders placed across the landscape. Sound recordings are then analyzed to identify birds, and these field data are then used to model bird diversity in conjunction with images from state-of-the-art sensors in airplanes and satellites. This project is funded by NASA's Citizen Science for Earth Systems Program.
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About Point Blue Conservation Science
Location:
3820 CYPRESS DR STE 11, PETALUMA, CA 94954, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to conserve birds, other wildlife and ecosystems through science, partnerships, and outreach.
Description
Point Blue is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit conservation science organization that is headquartered in Petaluma, but works from the Sierra to the sea, across the Western Hemisphere, and as far as Antarctica. Our 160 scientists develop nature-based solutions to climate change, habitat loss, and other environmental threats. We are experts in field biology, data management, climate change, and more. We record observations of the natural world using rigorous, standardized protocols. We then use these observations to deepen our community’s understanding of nature to improve conservation outcomes. We have published more than 2,000 technical reports and peer reviewed scientific articles and we use these findings to address real-world challenges, working hand-in-hand with land, ocean, and wildlife managers to improve conservation outcomes. We have trained generations of conservation scientists, including many leadership staff at Point Blue! The vast majority of the 1,500 interns we have graduated work with public and private natural resource managers, regionally, nationally and internationally. We believe that because of the climate-smart work we do today, healthy ecosystems will continue to sustain thriving wildlife and human communities in California and beyond, on land and at sea, for decades to come.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3820 Cypress Drive Suite 11Petaluma, CA 94954
DATE POSTED
September 24, 2019
SKILLS
- Basic Computer Skills
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Although this is a one-time 2-hour event, we hope you'll take the skills you gain home with you and continue to volunteer on your own time, from your own computer.
- Please plan to bring a laptop and headphones, if you have them.