{"id":9891,"date":"2014-07-04T01:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T01:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/ocean\/science\/sea-bird-logging\/"},"modified":"2015-11-06T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T14:21:15","slug":"sea-bird-logging","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/archives\/past-rallies\/unser-ozean\/science\/sea-bird-logging\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Bird Logging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Focus Your Binoculars on Seabirds! Help seabird conservation by reporting your sightings at sea.<\/p>\n

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S-V Joyant, photo by Tom Wadlow<\/p><\/div>\n

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Any and all data from offshore waters are of high value!
Brian Sullivan, one of eBird\u2019s Project leaders<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>The idea of a \u201cSeaBC\u201d Sea Bird Count<\/a> was inspired by popular land-based citizen counts such as Audubon\u2019s Christmas Bird Count (CBC)<\/em> and the Census Bird Count (CBC)<\/em> in the U.K.<\/p>\n

Seabirds are the last frontier of birding, poorly documented, and in dire need of conservation data.<\/p>\n

Sailors are the “eyes on the water” for reporting sightings. And if any land birds hitchhike on your vessel, your report provides a clue to over-the-ocean migration patterns. Participation is easy. Volunteers are available to help you identify any birds you photograph.<\/p>\n

Whenever possible, take multiple digital photographs<\/a>. Birds can be identified later using our volunteer reviewers. This is crucial to document rarities.<\/p>\n

Logging Forms<\/h2>\n

You can download electronic forms for the SeaBC Sea Bird Count<\/em> from the following links.\u00a0They are optimized PDFs to be as efficient a file size as possible for at-sea bandwidths.<\/p>\n