AnnuAl RepoRt to membeRs | 2012 - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
AnnuAl RepoRt to membeRs | 2012 - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
AnnuAl RepoRt to membeRs | 2012 - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Our Innovating Model: the Means Engaging <strong>to</strong> Discover Birders the in Science Unknown…and Conservation Open New PossibilitiesImagine the most comprehensiveecological inven<strong>to</strong>ry ever convened—legions <strong>of</strong> observers fanning outacross North America, from coast<strong>to</strong> coast and all habitats in between,from forest and desert and prairie <strong>to</strong> cityparks and suburban backyards. That kind<strong>of</strong> massive bird-moni<strong>to</strong>ring campaign isoccurring every day courtesy <strong>of</strong> the morethan 200,000 people in the United Statesand Canada who are powering <strong>Cornell</strong><strong>Lab</strong> citizen-science projects at feedersand nests, in schools and out in the wilds,turning millions <strong>of</strong> bird sightings in<strong>to</strong>valuable data.Wood Duck by Melissa Groo13