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May eBirder of the Month Challenge
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Macaulay Library
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Living Bird Magazine
The Macaulay Archivist Whose Career Spanned Analog and Digital Eras
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Project FeederWatch
Birdspotter 2020-2021 Photo Contest
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eBird
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Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count is February 14-17
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Macaulay Library
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eBird
Apply by March 15 for the Cornell Lab's Young Birders Event
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eBird
eBird Sightings Cover 84% of the Globe
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Project FeederWatch
Join Project FeederWatch
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About the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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How to Get Involved: Find a Cornell Lab Project That's Right for You
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How to Fix the Bird Declines: A To-Do List for Government, Business, and Individuals
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Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
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NestWatch
Nest Quest Go!
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Macaulay Library
The Joys of Recording Bird Sounds
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eBird
eBird Stories: Diego Guerrero-Lara, Local Coordinator of Mexico's Urban Bird Program
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eBird
eBird Stories: Ornithology Professor Ragupathy Kannan
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eBird
Share Your eBird Story, Inspire Others
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NestWatch
NestWatcher Finds Rare Albino Tree Swallow Nestling
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NestWatch
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Celebrate Urban Birds
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Living Bird Magazine
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Thank You for Being Part of Year of the Bird in 2018
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Great Gifts That Do Good: A Bird Lover's Guide
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How to Create Your Own Facebook Fundraiser to Help the Cornell Lab
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Project FeederWatch
Help Us Track Sick Birds With Project FeederWatch
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Bird Academy
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K–12 Education
Thinking Outside the (Nest) Box
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K–12 Education
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K–12 Education
eBird Essentials for Educators
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Evening Grosbeak Call Types of North America
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NestWatch
For NestWatchers, Inspection Cameras Bring Nests Into View
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Living Bird Magazine
Calling Photographers: Share Your Favorite Shots, For Science
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eBird
Help the Macaulay Library Complete Its Collection
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NestWatch
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Eight Great Reasons to Love the Migratory Bird Stamp
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Perspective: Let's Start Teaching Ornithology in High School
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K–12 Education
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K–12 Education
Design Projects for Students to Support Birds
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eBird
Mountain Birdwatch Brings a Mountain of Data to eBird
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A Yard Full of Native Plants Is a Yard Full of Well-Fed Birds
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Bird Academy
BeastBox—Make Your Own Music by Mixing Animal Sounds With Beatbox Loops
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Project FeederWatch
Why do Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers look so similar when they aren’t close relatives?
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eBird
Make eBird a 2018 New Year’s Resolution
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K–12 Education
Birdsleuth Investigator National Challenge: What Are Birds Doing at Your Feeders?
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6 Resolutions to Help You #BirdYourWorld in 2018
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Project FeederWatch
Thirsty Chickadee Sparks Interest in Birding
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Macaulay Library
Macaulay Library Adds Larger Photos and More Data to Their Archive Pages
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Holiday Gifts for Bird Lovers That Support the Cornell Lab
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K–12 Education
Birdsleuth's Feathered Friends Science Lessons
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eBird
eBird App Now Tracks Your Birding Route
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eBird
Sensitive Species in eBird
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Celebrate Urban Birds
Help Fund Your Community Event With a Mini-Grant from Celebrate Urban Birds
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Project FeederWatch
The Project FeederWatch Team Answers Your Questions About Bird Feeding
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Project FeederWatch
Project FeederWatch: Join, Renew, or Donate
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eBird
Easy Way to Change Species on Your eBird Checklists
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K–12 Education
A Perfect Day for an Albatross: Teacher's Guide
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K–12 Education
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Download Educational Guides Inspired by the Cornell Lab’s Books
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Home Tweet Home Photo Contest
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eBird
The Female Bird Song Project
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K–12 Education
Flap to the Future Lesson Plan: Learn About Adaptions for Flight
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Bird Cams
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K–12 Education
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K–12 Education
Join the Cornell Lab, Alaska Fertilizer, and Lowe's to Support School Gardens
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eBird
Kirtland’s Warbler Migration Blitz: Help Us Find an Endangered Species on Migration
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Rate Media in the Macaulay Library/eBird Media Collection
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Project FeederWatch
Where Do Painted Buntings Spend the Winter?
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Project FeederWatch
All Roads Lead to FeederWatch—A Participant's Story
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How Do You Count Birds at a Feeder?
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Happy Valentine's Day: A Birdshare Gallery
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Bird Academy
Flap to the Future: The Flight Adaptations Game
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Project FeederWatch
Joshua Cutler Wins 30-year FeederWatch Lifetime Award
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Project FeederWatch
DJ Normark Wins 30-year FeederWatch Lifetime Award
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eBird
Help Merlin expand to Costa Rica
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Project FeederWatch
FeederWatch Brings Inspiration to a Classroom
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Project FeederWatch
What Makes a FeederWatch Count Site Special?
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K–12 Education
On Bird Hill Teaching Guide
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Living Bird Magazine
30 Years of Project FeederWatch Yield New Insights About Backyard Birds
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Great Backyard Bird Count
2016 Great Backyard Bird Count Photo Contest Winners
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Project FeederWatch
Ida Sheppard Wins 20-year FeederWatch Lifetime Award
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Make eBirding a New Year’s Resolution
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eBird
eBird's 2017 Checklist-a-day Challenge
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eBird
eBird 2016 — Year in review
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Project FeederWatch
Diane Cherbak Wins 10-year FeederWatch Lifetime Award
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eBird
Merlin Bird ID Can Now Identify Birds From Photos Thanks to eBirders
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Project FeederWatch
Eye Disease in American Goldfinch
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eBird
Welcome eBird Malaysia!
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Bird Academy
Learn More About Birds with Courses from the Cornell Lab
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eBird
Help Macaulay Library Add Bird Recordings from Mexico
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eBird
Teach Computers to Identify Birds With MerlinVision
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Land Trusts: Bird Conservation Funding Opportunities
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Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative: Examples of Action
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Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative: Resources Directory
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Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative: Birds on Your Land
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Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative
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K–12 Education
Dissecting the Food Web: An Owl Pellet Investigation
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Birds of North America
Contribute Images to the Birds of North America
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K–12 Education
Birding Can Be the Perfect Brain Break for Frazzled Students
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eBird
Breeding and Behavior Codes Included in the Updated eBird App
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Learn Ornithology at Home With Our College Level Online Course
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Bird Academy
Bird Academy’s A-to-Z Glossary of Bird Terms
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K–12 Education
How to Make Your School Garden a Success
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eBird
New eBird Profile Pages: Share Your Birding Experiences With Others
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K–12 Education
Tips on Planting a School Garden
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eBird
Upload Your Historic and Longterm Data to eBird to Help Chart Bird Abundance and Distribution
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Macaulay Library
How to Record Bird Sounds With Your Smartphone: Our Tips
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Bird Academy
Visualizations of Bird Sounds
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eBird
More Than One Million People Are Using the Merlin Bird ID App, and You Can Make it Better
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eBird
One Million Bird Images Now Archived in the Macaulay Library
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eBird
9 Ways People Have Used eBird Data to Make Conservation Happen
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K–12 Education
Resources to Empower Youth to Make a Difference for Birds
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K–12 Education
New Course for Educators: Developing Student Science Practices
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eBird
Share Bird Pictures and Sounds With eBird Using Your Smartphone
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K–12 Education
Most Wanted Birds Curriculum Kit
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eBird
Introducing eBird España!
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eBird
Help illustrate The Birds of North America With Your Media
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K–12 Education
Creating an Outdoor Classroom
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K–12 Education
An Outdoor Classroom is a Great Place for Citizen Science
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eBird
The New Media Search Tool From eBird and Macaulay Library
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NestWatch
A Teen’s Top 5 Tips On Engaging Kids Through Birds
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Earth Day 2016: Get Inspired by Maya Lin's What is Missing? Website
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Plotting Location in eBird
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Bird Academy
Be a Better Birder: Duck and Waterfowl Identification Course
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K–12 Education
Homeschooling in Nature, Part II
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What is March Migration Madness?
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K–12 Education
Female Ornithologists Talk about the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Curriculum
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K–12 Education
Add Bird Art to the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Curriculum
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Celebrate Urban Birds
Outdoor Wellness for Urban Youth
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eBird
The Great Backyard Bird Count—Get Your Friends Involved!
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Great Backyard Bird Count
This Valentine's Weekend, Share Your Love . . . of Birds!
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K–12 Education
Turn an Outdoor Trip with Kids Into an Adventure with the BirdSleuth Explorer’s Guidebook
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Join us for the Next Great Backyard Bird Count, February 17-20, 2017
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count Poster—Download and Spread the Word
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Great Backyard Bird Count
2015 Great Backyard Bird Count Photo Contest Winners
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Bird Academy
New Online Class: Spring Field Ornithology for the Northeast
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eBird
Make eBird a New Year’s Resolution for 2016
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K–12 Education
Maintaining your Classroom Bird Feeder
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7 Things You Can Do to Help Songbirds If You've Just Watched The Messenger
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eBird
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K–12 Education
Learn the Alphabet With an A-Z of Birds: From Albatross to Zebra Finch
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K–12 Education
Join BirdSleuth for an Educators Retreat in Peru, July 2017
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K–12 Education
Homeschooling in Nature
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K–12 Education
Mapping with Birds: eBird Opens a Realm of Exploration for Students
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K–12 Education
Nature Journaling
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eBird
Become an eBird Partner
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K–12 Education
Make Your Own Bird Feeders at Home
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eBird
eBird Status Updates—98% of the World’s Birds Now Represented, Record Birds, Plan Trips, and Help Birds Globally
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Pass Along the Passion of Birding: “Pledge to Fledge” a New Birder Today
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K–12 Education
Investigating Evidence: a Free Curriculum from Birdsleuth
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Living Bird Magazine
Raptors and Rat Poison
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K–12 Education
Download Six Free Lessons on Bird Communication
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K–12 Education
Advice from Teachers on Starting a Bird Club
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K–12 Education
Top 10 Apps for Birding with Kids
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K–12 Education
Educator’s Guide to Setting Up Nest Boxes With Students
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eBird
Annual Changes in Hummingbird Migration Revealed by Birders' Sightings
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Living Bird Magazine
Give A Warm Welcome to Nesting Birds With NestWatch
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eBird
“Getting Rusty” Take Two: Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz 2015
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Great Backyard Bird Count
2014 Great Backyard Bird Count Photo Contest Winners
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count: Spread the Word With eCards, Posters, Web Buttons, and More
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Great Backyard Bird Count
What is the Great Backyard Bird Count?
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Great Backyard Bird Count
GBBC 2015 Preview: Looking for New Birds—and New Birders
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eBird
Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count — Take someone birding!
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count Explained [slideshow]
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Celebrate Urban Birds
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Living Bird Magazine
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Living Bird Magazine
EBird and A Hundred Million Points of Light
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Living Bird Magazine
Citizen Science in the Digital Age
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eBird
Make eBird your New Year’s Resolution!
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eBird
Generate buzz, fun, and data by starting a local Big Year competition in 2015
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eBird
eBirding your Christmas Bird Count
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eBird
What is BirdsEye?
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eBird
Introducing eBird Northwest: An interactive resource for birders
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Top 10 2014 Holiday Gifts for Birders and for Birds
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Help Conserve Bird Habitat by Putting California Rice on Your Plate
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7 Ways You Can Help Albatrosses
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K–12 Education
How to Create a Great Bird Garden for Your School
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K–12 Education
Students Learn When They Spend Just 15 Minutes With Birds—Here's How
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eBird
BirdQuest: A Way to Engage Kids in eBird
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Celebrate Urban Birds
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eBird
Caleb Frome, 2014 Zeiss Young Birders Network eBirding Challenge Winner
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eBird
eBird's Missing Species—Just 400 of the World's 10,324 Have Yet to Be Recorded
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Celebrate Urban Birds
Nuestro Futuro: Bilingual Birding in New York
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Project FeederWatch
BirdSpotter 2013-14 Photo Contest Winners and Gallery
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Living Bird Magazine
Growing Native Plants Is a Simple Recipe for Helping Warblers
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Bird Academy
Explore Feathers With New, Free Resources From Bird Academy
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Help Scientists Find Out What's Happening to Rusty Blackbirds
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Conservation Science
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Bird Cams
Watch a Fluffy Albatross Chick Grow Up on Our Newest Cam
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count—Help & FAQs
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Great Backyard Bird Count
2013 Great Backyard Bird Count Photo Contest Winners
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K–12 Education
How to Choose a Field Guide for Kids
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K–12 Education
8 Tips for Teaching Groups Outdoors
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K–12 Education
Show Your Projects on the BirdSleuth Action Map
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K–12 Education
About BirdSleuth Inquiry-Based Science Curriculum for Teachers, Homeschoolers, and Others
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K–12 Education
Lesson Kits: Discovering Bird Diversity
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K–12 Education
BirdSleuth Games, Cards, and Posters for Teachers and Classrooms
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K–12 Education
Lesson Kits: Nature Detectives
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K–12 Education
Lesson Kits: Most Wanted Birds
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K–12 Education
Lesson Kits: Habitat Connections
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K–12 Education
Lesson Ideas: Feathered Friends Activities
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K–12 Education
Science Investigator's Kit for Homeschoolers
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K–12 Education
Lesson Ideas: Homeschooler's Guide to Project FeederWatch
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Birds-of-Paradise Project
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Bird Cams
Lesson Plan: Explore Life Cycles Through Nesting Birds
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Celebrate Urban Birds
Citizen Science as an Instrument for Youth Development
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K–12 Education
Free Teaching Resources for Educators
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K–12 Education
Resources for 4-H Youth Development Programs to Use Birds for Teaching Science
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K–12 Education
Resources for Afterschool Programs to Use Birds for Teaching Science
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K–12 Education
Resources for Informal Educators to Use Birds for Teaching Science
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K–12 Education
BirdSleuth Investigator: a Science Journal for Students, by Students
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K–12 Education
Teachers: Take Your Students on a Citizen Science Bird Quest
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K–12 Education
Guide for Using eBird With Student Groups
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K–12 Education
Resources for Homeschoolers to Use Birds for Teaching Science
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K–12 Education
Resources for Teachers to Use Birds for Teaching Science
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Our 2013 List of Holiday Gift Ideas Will Help You and Help the Birds
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NestWatch
How to NestWatch: Nest Monitoring Protocol
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NestWatch
NestWatch Data Entry Tutorial Videos
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NestWatch
How to Monitor Nests Safely and Responsibly: the NestWatch Manual
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Project FeederWatch
Birding and Feeding Tips From FeederWatch Participants
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K–12 Education
How Address Next Generation Science Standards With Birds
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NestWatch
How to NestWatch: Code of Conduct
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Project FeederWatch
Ideas for FeederWatch in the Classroom
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Project FeederWatch
FeederWatch for Groups
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Project FeederWatch
Homeschooler's Guide to Project FeederWatch
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Project FeederWatch
Winter Bird Highlights: FeederWatch Annual Reports 2005–Present
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Project FeederWatch
Project FeederWatch: Detailed Instructions
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Project FeederWatch
About Project FeederWatch: The Project, The Data, The Staff
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Project FeederWatch
Landscaping for Birds
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eBird
A New eBird Portal for Birders in Central America
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Celebrate Urban Birds
Urban Birding Brochure in English and Spanish
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Celebrate Urban Birds
Identification, Certificates, Resources, and Tips for Urban Birding
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Celebrate Urban Birds
Get Involved With Celebrate Urban Birds
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Celebrate Urban Birds
What is CUBs?
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Bird Friendly Coffee Now Available at a Major Retailer
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Courses
Educational and Skills-Building Courses for the Public
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eBird
eBird Quick Start Guide
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Courses
Our Self-Paced Web Tutorials Will Help You Learn Bird Identification
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Courses
Learn About Birds From Anywhere: New Online Webinar and Course Offerings
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Living Bird Magazine
Bird-Friendly Coffee Supports Critical Winter Habitat
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Making Sense of Coffee Labels: Does Your Coffee Support Wintering Warblers?
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Courses
Bird Behavior Online Course: Courtship and Rivalry (Preview)
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Courses
Be a Better Birder tutorials
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Courses
In-Depth Course on Courtship, Rivalry, and Breeding Behavior in Birds
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Blind Birders Count by Ear
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Students
House Music: Investigating the Vocal Acrobatics of the House Wren
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Celebrate Urban Birds
What Is Celebrate Urban Birds All About?
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K–12 Education
You Can Be A Citizen Scientist
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Courses
Home Study Course Inspires Training of Guides in the Yucatan
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NestWatch
Join NestWatch and See Life as It Hatches
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K–12 Education
BirdSleuth teachers bring peer review to the eighth grade
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Macaulay Library
The Macaulay Library: the World's Largest Archive of Wildlife Sounds and Video
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Birds of North America
The Birds of North America Online
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Home Study Course in Bird Biology
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In Thriving Florida, the State's Endemic Scrub-Jay Is Running Out of Room
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Project FeederWatch
One Siskin Is a Surprise; a Hundred Thousand Are a Revelation
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Top Ten Birding-for-Science Projects
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Courses
Investigating Behavior: New Courtship and Rivalry Course
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count... Or GREATEST Backyard Bird Count?
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British Backyard Count Sets the Stage for Ours, Next Week
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New Online Course Helps You Learn Bird Behavior
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Top Ten Ways to Conserve Energy while Birding
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Students
Young Birders: A Growing Flock and a Force for the Future
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K–12 Education
With BirdSleuth, Schoolkids Learn Their Birds in Costa Rica
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Birding for Science
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Birdshare Wish List Part Two
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Calling Birdsharers: We've Got a Wish List (Part One)
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Top Ten Ways You Can Help Neotropical Birds
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BNA Says Thanks to Birdsharers
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Project FeederWatch
FeederWatch Needs You
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On Your Mark, Set, Birdshare!
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