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Birding with a Purpose
If you have participated in a Christmas Bird Count, hung feeders or bird boxes in your back yard, or created suitable bird habitat at your home or other wildlife restoration site, you are "birding with a purpose." Many AoMC volunteers and other local birders have participated in such projects for their own enjoyment, for conservation, and to provide scientists with valuable information about bird populations and migrations.
AoMC Bird I.D. Course
AoMC Field Trips
Spring Birdathon
Great Backyard Bird Count
Birdhouse Network
Birding Guide Martin County
Birding Sites Treasure Coast
Birding Resources
Conservation
Florida Scrub Jay
Sandhill Crane
AoMC Annual Bird Identification Course
Dr. Greg Braun presents this popular series that will sharpen your birding skills! The course begins on Friday, February 15 and runs on consecutive Fridays through March 14th. see optional schedules and reservations
Spring Birdathon
Our Spring Birdathon is a very important fundraiser for AoMC.
As part of the National Audubon Society Birdathon, it is the world's largest bird-watching competition. Every year, thousands of people join to count birds, have fun, and raise funds for Audubon's mission of environmental conservation, education, and advocacy.
People count birds and collect pledges from sponsors based on the number of species that they see. The AoMC Birdathon is held each spring when birds are migrating and more species are likely to be seen.
BirdSource, Birding with a Purpose is a partnership between citizens and scientists that is designed and managed by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. BirdSource "offers the estimated 60 million Americans who enjoy watching birds the opportunity to 'bird with a purpose' when they record and share their counts of birds online. Through extensive citizen participation, BirdSource is becoming a powerful new tool for bird conservation and education."
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Great Backyard Bird Count
A joint project of National Audubon and Cornell, the
Great Backyard Bird Count takes place February 15-18, 2008. It is an enjoyable and educational way for the thousands of people who participate to give scientists a snapshot of North American bird populations. Participants are asked to spend at least 15 minutes to count and record birds that they see in their backyards, a local park, or other natural area, and submit the results online. Results from thousands of participants help ornithologists to determine how bird populations are coping with
winter weather, where certain species are spending the winter, and whether species of concern are increasing or decreasing in numbers. Additional information
at GBBC Brochure
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The Birdhouse Network
The Birdhouse Network is a citizen-science monitoring program in North America. It is intended for people of all ages and backgrounds who
provide nest boxes for cavity-nesting birds and then observe and record the lives of these birds throughout the breeding season. The Birdhouse Network is hoping to understand more about the breeding biology of species that nest in cavities — natural and human-made — and what factors are influencing their population numbers and breeding success. The researchers are also studying environmental factors such as pesticide application, which may affect nesting success.
The Birdhouse Network web site explains the basics on nest boxes such as size, placement, monitoring, and reporting on results. |
