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ORGANIZATION: Point Blue Conservation Science

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Are you interested in sound? Do you enjoy listening to the sounds in nature, and in your backyard? We need help annotating 1-minute sound files by three main classes of sound: Anthrophony (e.g. human voices, machinery, traffic), Geophony (e.g. streams, rain, wind), and Biophony (e.g. insects, birds, mammals). Working in a web-based interface, you'll listen to (and view on a spectrogram) a 1-minute recording, and annotate in which seconds these sounds occur. Virtual training will be provided over Zoom.

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

Animals
Computers & Technology
Environment
Animals, Computers & Technology, Environment

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

DATE POSTED

December 15, 2020

SKILLS

  • Basic Computer Skills

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 16
  • Orientation or Training
  • No minimum time commitment. Recommended time spent on project is at least 2 hours.
  • Must have computer with internet access and speakers or headphones. Must have the ability to hear sound recording clips and see spectrograms (visual representation of sound).

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