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June 08, 2007
Puffin Stuff
Unusual numbers of Horned Puffins, usually found nesting in the arctic during this time of year, are being noticed along the California Coast.
The folks at eBird have put out a call for a special count of Horned Puffins for tomorrow, Saturday June 9:
CalbirdersWell it looks like we've got roughly 50 people heading out to count Horned
Puffins this weekend along the California coast. It should be a good time!
Some areas that still need coverage are the Bay area, Orange County, any of
the southern Channel Islands, and Humboldt and Del Norte counties. Please
email me if you can get out to these areas (or anywhere you'd like to cover,
the more the merrier!). In Monterey at least, the birds have favored rocky
shorelines and points, with few found along sandy beaches locally. That
said, these beaches are worth checking as I've seen several Ancient
Murrelets offshore lately in these areas.I've posted details about the count on the new California eBird page (
www.ebird.org/California). This new application is sponsored by Audubon
California and PRBO Conservation Science and should serve the needs of
California birders better than the primary eBird application. It has
California-specific functionality such as the ability to record habitat
types and California IBA input/output. Also the content on the home page is
administered by Audubon CA and PRBO so it should be of more local interest.
The CA-specific functionality will grow as we create more local
specializations for the eBird portals.If you're already an eBird user the new California eBird is fully integrated
with the main site so that all your observations will appear in both, and
all of your lists and effort on "My eBird" will be the same in both. Use
your existing log in and password if prompted. Data flows freely between
this new application and all other eBird portals. I've attached the press
release below (scroll down) if you're interested.Thanks, and good luck finding puffins!
--
Brian L. Sullivan
eBird Project Leader
www.ebird.org
Photographic Editor,
Birds of North America Online
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
So get out there, count some Puffins, and then report your results!
Horned Puffin photo by Pieter Edelman.
Posted by terrie at June 8, 2007 11:43 AM
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