<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello, Tweets.<div class="">This past summer the New York Times and the Cornell lab partnered on a project whose goal was to increase bird sighting reports from “ordinary” (i.e., non-hotspot) locations, especially in urban areas. Another important goal was to broaden participation in birding. Project participants were encouraged to report sighings on eBird and to take advantage of the Merlin app to help with bird identification. Participants were asked to rate their own bird ID abilities as part of signing up. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The New York Times today posted a story about results of the project, including a short video embedded at the attached link that is well worth watching to understand better what and who the project involved. There’s a participant’s survey at the end and among questions, whether the paper and Cornell Lab should continue with additional projects like this one.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here’s the link: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/explain/2023/birds-science?campaign_id=0&emc=edit_sys_20230928&instance_id=0&nl=system®i_id=0&segment_id=0&user_id=ce5f2f888ecf58c5614a3b1e5359b098#tracking-climate-changes-toll-on-birds-together" class="">birds-science</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tom Leschine</div><div class="">Seattle</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>