recording birds
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Recording Birds. Fiona Barclay. What do we do?. What’s the point?. Do rarities matter?. p hotos. blogs. emails. websites. texts. ‘phone calls. c ommunity groups. Who do our records come from?. Birders. Photographers. Members of the public. recorders. research. mobile. texts. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Recording Birds
Fiona Barclay
What do we do?
What’s the point?
Do rarities matter?
blogs
photos
emails
websitestexts
community groups ‘phone calls
Who do our records come from?
Members of the public
Birders
Photographers
recordersresearch
mobiletexts
emails
website
How to maximise value
• Ensure we communicate our results with interested parties
• Work together to define sites, constraints, traceability, automate systems
• Ensure we are using ALL of our data (suppressed birds, negative news, photographic records)
• Recruit, recruit, recruit
Why are we interested in mobile devices?
portable omnipresent
connected
speakermicrophone
location aware
camera
sexy?
accessibledemographic
share
A whole shelf of books in your pocket
rare? approval by sightings team
usual? incorporate into database and sync
upload a picture or call
share
structure tailored surveys
Conclusions
• Convenience• Opens doors• Millions of devices• Likely evolution of devices• Enormous potential to recruit citizen scientists• Social networking of a more fulfilling sort
Acknowledgements
• Richard Zito• Stephen Menzie• John Cromie• BTO