Photos in the archive help build new Australian Birds of Prey book

By Mat Gilfedder 22 May 2019

Thousands of birders and photographers archive their media every year in the Macaulay Library. Some of these photos are now featured in a new field guide on Australian birds of prey. Mat Gilfedder and his coauthors searched the Macaulay Library for photos of Australian raptors in flight and reached out to each photographer for permission…

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Snapshot of Sound—Let’s hear the world sing!

By Macaulay Library Team 18 Apr 2019

The sounds of spring near your home bring the songs of familiar birds, from the sweet chatter of an oriole to the rollicking notes of a wren. The birds around us sing familiar songs, but now, imagine the world of bird song, all the crazy buzzes, trills, and musical choruses of birds from around the…

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Ninety for ninety years—a celebration for our 90th anniversary

By Macaulay Library Team 15 Apr 2019

The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is celebrating 90 years of archiving and recording bird sounds. On May 18th, 1929 Arthur Allen and Peter Paul Kellogg made history with the very first recording of wild birds in North America. Since that pivotal day in Ithaca, New York in 1929, the Macaulay Library…

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Instituto Humboldt and the Macaulay Library announce new joint venture

By Macaulay Library Team 8 Apr 2019

The Macaulay Library is pleased to announce a new collaboration between Instituto Humboldt and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Our teams are joining forces to bring the Colección de Sonidos Ambientales at the Instituto Humboldt (IAvH-CSA) online at the Macaulay Library (ML). Thanks to Colombian biologists and sound recordists, the CSA currently contains over 20,000…

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Niels Krabbe audio collection now in the Macaulay Library

Niels Krabbe audio collection now in the Macaulay Library

By Macaulay Library Team 21 Mar 2019

We are very pleased to announce that renowned Danish ornithologist Niels Krabbe recently archived a high-resolution copy of his audio collection at the Macaulay Library. Krabbe is perhaps best known for his extensive fieldwork in South America, especially with Scytalopus tapaculos, but he also has significant numbers of audio recordings from the Solomon Islands, Papua…

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Contributor Spotlight: Teresa and Miles Tuffli

Contributor Spotlight: Teresa and Miles Tuffli

By Teresa & Miles Tuffli 14 Feb 2019

Teresa and Miles Tuffli are avid birders who regularly contribute audio recordings and photographs to the Macaulay Library. They enjoy volunteering their time with nature-based organizations within their community of Sonoma County, California. Teresa and Miles shared their story with the Macaulay Library about how they got started birding and all the wonderful things they…

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Recordist of note: Linda Macaulay

Recordist of note: Linda Macaulay

By Kathi Borgmann 7 Feb 2019

Linda Macaulay dedicates much, if not all, of her spare time to recording birds and building the sound library that now bears her name. Linda has archived more than 6,000 audio recordings of 2,831 species. She has also added more than 650 recordings that were the very first recordings of a species in the archive.…

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eBirder and photographer Pavel Parkhaev contributes the 10 millionth photo

By Team eBird 28 Jan 2019

It’s been just a little over three years since eBird and Macaulay Library partnered to give eBirders a place to permanently archive their photos and sounds. On 22 January 2019, eBirder and photographer Pavel Parkhaev from Moscow, Russia contributed the 10 millionth photo to the Macaulay Library! This is a huge milestone and a tribute…

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Recordings help unravel the mystery of mixed-species flock leadership

By Kathi Borgmann 9 Jan 2019

If you’ve spent any time birding in the winter in the United States and Canada you know that in quiet winter-laden forests, the sound of a chickadee is like striking gold; where there is one chickadee there are bound to be more birds tagging along. During the fall and winter in the temperate zone chickadees…

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The Cornell Lab Young Birders Event 2019

By Team eBird 8 Jan 2019

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is excited to host The Cornell Lab Young Birders Event, which will be held July 11-14, 2019 in Ithaca, New York. The Young Birders Event aims to bring together teenagers with a passion for birds and interested in pursing a career in the field. You’ll meet people who have successful…

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