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Laughing Kookaburra

Sound recording workshops in Australia
By Jay McGowan
Interested in recording the sounds of birds and other wildlife?   The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is excited to host two sound recording workshops in Australia this upcoming spring! One workshop will be held near Geelong, and the other near Brisbane. These three-day workshops are intended to teach the basics of…
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A Celebration of Sound: Macaulay Library Reaches 2 Million Recordings

A Celebration of Sound: Macaulay Library Reaches 2 Million Recordings
By Team eBird
Over the last decade, you have helped the Cornell Lab’s Macaulay Library grow tremendously and recently we reached an amazing milestone. Thanks to more than 38,403 recordists around the world, the Macaulay Library now holds more than 2 million audio recordings. These assets have supplied invaluable information for research, documented extinct species in perpetuity, powered…
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Australian Ringneck

The Macaulay Library Reaches New Milestones
By Macaulay Library Team
Over the last decade, you have helped the Macaulay Library grow tremendously and recently we reached two amazing milestones. Thanks to birders, photographers, and recordists, the Macaulay Library now holds more than 1.5 million audio recordings and 40 million photos. All of those assets power incredible research, birding tools, and more. The 40 millionth photo…
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Alder Flycatcher

Recordist of Note: Robert C. Stein
By Kathi Borgmann
We’ve all seen a flycatcher or, let’s be honest, five that left us puzzled…was that an Alder Flycatcher or a Willow Flycatcher? If only that flycatcher would have uttered a few notes, then we’d have a chance at figuring out which species we spotted. We have Robert C. Stein to thank for his pioneering work…
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fairywren sp.

Photos and Social Media Help Scientists Identify a Hybrid Fairywren
By Macaulay Library Team
In 2015, the Macaulay Library began accepting photos of birds alongside eBird checklists with the hopes of creating a curated collection of bird photos to help people learn more about birds. Now the Macaulay Library contains more than 36 million photos of more than 10,500 species. Scientists are now starting to tap the collection of…
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Steller's Jay (Coastal)

Celebrate eBird’s 20th Anniversary on Global Big Day
By Team eBird
eBird is celebrating 20 years of powering data-driven approaches to science, conservation, and education through shared birding experiences. eBird launched in 2002 with a simple idea: “Record any bird you see, from anywhere and any time, then explore where the birds are!” Since the first public eBird checklist was submitted on 8 May 2002, eBird…
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