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More info from eBird on the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) to the archives.

Their policy,

"Use of AI to generate or alter photos submitted to eBird checklists and Macaulay Library is strictly prohibited."

https://ebird.org/news/threat-of-ai-to-archives

#birds #birding #eBird #MacaulayLibrary

More info from eBird on the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) to the archives.

Their policy,

"Use of AI to generate or alter photos submitted to eBird checklists and Macaulay Library is strictly prohibited."

https://ebird.org/news/threat-of-ai-to-archives

#birds #birding #eBird #MacaulayLibrary

Cool to know that the data will be uploaded as part of #eBird!

#SolarPunkSunday #ObservingNature #MerlinApp #MerlinBirdIDApp

Cool to know that the data will be uploaded as part of #eBird!

#SolarPunkSunday #ObservingNature #MerlinApp #MerlinBirdIDApp

RE: https://mastodon.world/@davidho/116861605644440882

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday! Another reason to use #MerlinApp!

#MerlinBirdIDApp #CitizenScience #ObservingNature #eBird #BirdPopulations

RE: https://mastodon.world/@davidho/116861605644440882

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday! Another reason to use #MerlinApp!

#MerlinBirdIDApp #CitizenScience #ObservingNature #eBird #BirdPopulations

João-de-barro/Rufous Hornero
Furnarius rufus
#animal #animais #animals #birdday #ebird #globalbirdday #photos #birdphotography #birdwatching #birding #santamaria #globalbigday #riograndedosul #bird #birds #Ave #aves #asavesqueeuencontro #patricianicoloso

João-de-barro/Rufous Hornero
Furnarius rufus
#animal #animais #animals #birdday #ebird #globalbirdday #photos #birdphotography #birdwatching #birding #santamaria #globalbigday #riograndedosul #bird #birds #Ave #aves #asavesqueeuencontro #patricianicoloso

#DDA ist Kooperationspartner von #eBird Deutschland. Das Cornell Lab of Ornithology und der DDA haben eine Kooperation zum Start des deutschen eBird-Regionalportals vereinbart. Dieses ist ab sofort unter ebird.org/region/DE erreichbar. https://www.dda-web.de/aktuelles/meldungen/dda-ist-kooperationspartner-von-ebird-deutschland

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on May 9, 2026

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026May11_birds_and_cats/IMG_5884c_2026may09_tanager.html

Also: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/657114249

#birds #ebird #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on May 9, 2026

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2026May11_birds_and_cats/IMG_5884c_2026may09_tanager.html

Also: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/657114249

#birds #ebird #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

#birding #ebird #checklist

About 3 hrs to walk a mile and a half. 0.5 mph. Good pace for birding. Not so good for hiking.

Couldn’t see much (because I’m weak on fieldmarks). Merlin found all of these for me.

#birding #ebird #checklist

About 3 hrs to walk a mile and a half. 0.5 mph. Good pace for birding. Not so good for hiking.

Couldn’t see much (because I’m weak on fieldmarks). Merlin found all of these for me.

Arriving in Bequia

https://islandinthenet.com/arriving-bequia/

João-de-barro/Rufous Hornero
Furnarius rufus
#animal #animais #animals #birdday #ebird #globalbirdday #photos #birdphotography #birdwatching #birding #santamaria #globalbigday #riograndedosul #bird #birds #Ave #aves #asavesqueeuencontro #patricianicoloso

9th May 26 was Endemic Bird day & also Himalayan Bird Count Day

Normally our group would have gone crazy - with birding events in 3 or 4 locations. This year subdued - people on assignment & in different locations. So took the opportunity to slow walk through a village forest

Bird List https://tinyurl.com/HBC26
Bird Highlight - Long-billed Thrush

#nature #birding #himalayas #india #endemicBirdDay #HimalayaBirdCount #IndiasNature #Forests #Uttarakhand #Munsiari #Sarmoli #Shankhdhura #ebird

1/🧵

Did some birding today! My wife and I went to a castle next to the river which has a nice park. Beautiful day!

Saw a bunch of birds: Swan, European Starling, Common Swift, Eurasian Moorhen, Great Cormorant, Egyptian Goose, Great Egret, and others

I had previously heard a European Starling but never seen one even though they're super common. It was really cool to see them show off their iridescent colors when sitting under the sun

Just submitted my checklist to #eBird

#Birding #Nature #Birds

Possibly the 3 best photos I've ever taken 📸

May, 2010 at a Zoo in Argentina. A beautiful Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle

I took these with a Lumix point and shoot, while being shoved by a crowd, zooming in and with my arm up. I was stunned when I saw how great these pictures turned out 🦅

I would love to upload these to #eBird so they can live on the Macaulay Library, but since this was at a presentation at a zoo and not a wild eagle, I think I can't

Anyways, I hope you enjoy them

#Birding

Watched this cute little guy while taking a break in the balcony 💕

Not sure if it's a Marsh Tit or a Great Tit, because I've seen that Great Tit adults can look grey like this, without yellow, so I'm not sure here

Merlin Bird ID says it could be both

Anybody got any ideas?

#Birding #BirdID #Birds #eBird

Tepid kickoff to my #eBird logging season today with two magpies, five crows, and a nuthatch.

I love seeing people's #eBird profiles, especially if they have some kind of bio about them

I love seeing all the locations they birded at and their checklists

I don't know, but there's something so wholesome about a platform where people just report the birds they see🥰

I'm not as active as other people but I've been really enjoying #birding since starting last year

I hope at some point to be able to get a decent camera and lens to take thousands of bird photos and contribute them to ebird🦆

Testing out my monocle and honestly the most longlasting memorable observation was the cianopica (Azure-winged magpie)!

Oh, and of course, the Eurasian griffon vulture!

#natureobservations #ebird #birdwatching

Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.

I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.

#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia

One of the huge flock of Bohemian Waxwings in the apple orchard yesterday. Apparently frozen apples are yummy.

#Birds
#Birdwatching
#Nature
#Science
#eBird

Flock of Bohemian Waxwings enjoying the frozen apples in our old orchard.

#Birds
#Birdwatching
#InfrequentSpecies
#ebird
#Science
#Nature

"Stop giving me your toughest battles" 😆

BTW Ptasiarze: macie jakieś metody na reset napotkanych gatunków wraz z nowym rokiem, czy po prostu nie przejmujecie się statystyką roczną i kontynuujecie uzupełnianie brakujących liferów?

#merlin #merlinapp #ebird #birdwatching #ptaki #ptasiarze #lifelist

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States on October 21, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Oct21_Salt_Plains/2025oct21_avocet_IMG_4679c.html

Also: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/643901168 on ebird

#birds #ebird #wetlands #SaltPlainsNWR #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

The #eBird app told me ideally I should submit all unsubmitted reports by Sunday because they're updating taxonomy and conflicts could occur. This…is not compatible with my workflow! (She said from under a digital pile of unsubmitted reports.) 😬

:sapsucker: (In case your workflow is different: after the Sapsucker Drag King incident, I stopped submitting my reports in the field. I sort all my photos first to double-check my IDs. That is the rationale for the pile. Which is large.)

#birding

Rolinha-picui/Picui Ground-Dove
Columbina picui
#animal #animais #animals #bigday #birdday #ebird #photo #octoberbigday #cornelllab #birding #birdwatching #santamaria #santamariars #riograndedosul #bird #birds #Ave #aves #asavesqueeuencontro #patricianicoloso

Canário-da-terra/Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
#animal #animais #animals #bigday #birdday #ebird #photo #octoberbigday #cornelllab #birding #birdwatching #santamaria #santamariars #riograndedosul #bird #birds #Ave #aves #asavesqueeuencontro #patricianicoloso

something for #birders :ablobwobble: :0_goose:

https://ebird.org

"eBird is one of the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects, with more than 100 million #bird sightings contributed annually by eBirders around the world.

#eBird allows ornithologists to document bird distribution, abundance, habitat use, and trends within a simple scientific framework, managed by the Cornell Lab of #Ornithology."

#birdsofmastodon #birder #birdwatching

The remarkable rise of #eBird—world's biggest #citizenscience project
Cornell #LabofOrnithology has been one of the most influential organizations in the world when it comes to encouraging people to engage in natural history.
It started in a humble way in 2002, as simply somewhere #birders could store their records in a central location. Today, "humble" is no longer an appropriate description. More than 1.3B records had been received from more than 820,000 participants.
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-remarkable-ebird-world-biggest-citizen.html