A New “eBird Festival” Elevates Bird Conservation in the Pacific Northwest
Klamath Bird Observatory’s first-ever Mountain Bird Festival was featured as a news story on the homepage of the popular eBird program. The article draws attention to birding festivals known as “eBird Festivals” because they promote the use of eBird and ensure birdwatching field trip checklists are entered into the eBird database as a matter of protocol. The upcoming, conservation-focused Mountain Bird Festival is an “eBird Festival” that promotes eBird to increase the availability of citizen science data on bird distributions and abundances in southern Oregon and northern California. These data will increase understanding and stewardship of the region for the benefit of people and wildlife.
