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While scientists hypothesize pesticides and habitat loss are to blame, the exact causes are still unclear. Gardeners and farmers are concerned about the fate of their bee-pollinated food and looking to the scientific community for information about how and why the bee populations are declining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, money is tight as scientists struggle to gain the funding and resources for extensive bee studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marie Clifford and Susan Waters, graduate researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, have found a way to get around scarce research funding: citizen scientists. The \u003ca href=\"http://nwpollination.org/\">Urban Pollination Project\u003c/a> (UPP), co-founded in 2011, takes Seattle community gardeners and trains them to collect data on local bees. Tapping into citizen scientist efforts, Clifford and Waters can gather data from 35 \u003ca href=\"http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/\">Seattle community gardens\u003c/a> – a scale of research otherwise outside of their resources and funding capabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Citizen science,” Clifford says, “allows scientists to address much broader scale questions than they might be able to address themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The citizen scientist gardeners at the Urban Pollination Project measure, count, and weigh tomatoes to understand how varying degrees of pollination affect tomato growth. They also pollinate the tomato flowers using a tuning fork, and are trained in bee identification. Their observations provide insight into what species of bees visit various Seattle community gardens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfRvQ9UU8Z0]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Observations like these led to a sighting of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.xerces.org/western-bumble-bee/\">Western Bumblebee\u003c/a> -- a native bumblebee thought to be extinct-- by bee enthusiast, Will Peterman. With citizen scientists performing observations around the city, Clifford and Waters hope to better understand which bees are pollinating our cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In about five years, Clifford and Waters hope to have enough data to make conclusions about what bumblebees need to survive in urban environments, like how much and what kind of habitat availability is required. As the project continues, Clifford and Waters want to get more gardeners involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60446\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 498px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-60446 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV.jpg\" alt=\"Tuning Fork SV\" width=\"498\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both bumblebees and a 128 Hertz tuning fork vibrate at the perfect frequency to pollinate tomato plants. The vibration can literally “shake” the pollen out of tomato plant flowers. Photo credit: Sarah Vaira.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While UPP works with Seattle gardeners to track where bumblebees nest and forage, other citizen projects such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.inaturalist.org/\">iNaturalist\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\">eBird\u003c/a>, allow anyone with a smartphone or digital camera to help identify plants and animals. These kinds of identification projects can help scientists predict animal and plant behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[With citizen science] you can achieve things that you would never be able to achieve with a more standard set of funds and time and energy,” says Waters, “[This is] a kind of knowledge that is ultimately really useful … and it connects people to their local environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-60024 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"UPP Logo\" width=\"187\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo.jpg 1237w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-400x411.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-800x823.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-1180x1213.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-960x987.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\">\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":" Seattle gardeners are assisting University of Washington researchers by gathering data on pollination activity in community gardens.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1387220515,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":469},"headData":{"title":"Citizen Scientists Gather Data on Urban Bees | KQED","description":" Seattle gardeners are assisting University of Washington researchers by gathering data on pollination activity in community gardens.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Citizen Scientists Gather Data on Urban Bees","datePublished":"2013-09-13T14:00:14.000Z","dateModified":"2013-12-16T19:01:55.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"60017 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=60017","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/09/13/citizen-scientists-gather-data-on-urban-bees/","disqusTitle":"Citizen Scientists Gather Data on Urban Bees","path":"/quest/60017/citizen-scientists-gather-data-on-urban-bees","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/09/05/bumblebee-feature-photo-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60292\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60292 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Bumblebee-Feature-Photo1-e1378847280791.jpg\" alt=\"Bumblebee Feature Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Bumblebee-Feature-Photo1-e1378847280791.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Bumblebee-Feature-Photo1-e1378847280791-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensonkua/2888168589/\">Benson Kua\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around the world, bees are dying in unprecedented numbers. 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With citizen scientists performing observations around the city, Clifford and Waters hope to better understand which bees are pollinating our cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In about five years, Clifford and Waters hope to have enough data to make conclusions about what bumblebees need to survive in urban environments, like how much and what kind of habitat availability is required. As the project continues, Clifford and Waters want to get more gardeners involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60446\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 498px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-60446 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV.jpg\" alt=\"Tuning Fork SV\" width=\"498\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/Tuning-Fork-SV-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both bumblebees and a 128 Hertz tuning fork vibrate at the perfect frequency to pollinate tomato plants. The vibration can literally “shake” the pollen out of tomato plant flowers. Photo credit: Sarah Vaira.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While UPP works with Seattle gardeners to track where bumblebees nest and forage, other citizen projects such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.inaturalist.org/\">iNaturalist\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\">eBird\u003c/a>, allow anyone with a smartphone or digital camera to help identify plants and animals. These kinds of identification projects can help scientists predict animal and plant behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[With citizen science] you can achieve things that you would never be able to achieve with a more standard set of funds and time and energy,” says Waters, “[This is] a kind of knowledge that is ultimately really useful … and it connects people to their local environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-60024 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"UPP Logo\" width=\"187\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo.jpg 1237w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-400x411.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-800x823.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-1180x1213.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-960x987.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/09/UPP-Logo-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/60017/citizen-scientists-gather-data-on-urban-bees","authors":["10471"],"categories":["quest_4","quest_9","quest_3229"],"tags":["quest_301","quest_326","quest_12257","quest_609","quest_621","quest_12259","quest_11940","quest_1116","quest_1122","quest_12269","quest_12239","quest_2349","quest_3288","quest_12146","quest_13364","quest_12507","quest_12258","quest_12260","quest_12261"],"featImg":"quest_60292","label":"quest"},"quest_50085":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_50085","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"50085","score":null,"sort":[1362153634000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"invasive-species-theyre-here-and-more-on-the-way","title":"Invasive Species: They're Here and More on the Way","publishDate":1362153634,"format":"aside","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_50086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu-e1362080975290.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-50086\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu-e1362080975290.jpg\" alt=\"Invasive red-crested cardinals, though beautiful, are serious problems for native Hawaiian birds. Image by Tony Fox\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu-e1362080975290.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu-e1362080975290-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invasive red-crested cardinals, though beautiful, are serious problems for native Hawaiian birds. Image by \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Fox\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"The state of our birds is a measurable indicator of how well we are doing as stewards of our environment, and the signal is clear. Greater bird conservation efforts are needed to realize the vision of a nation sustained economically, biologically and spiritually by abundant natural resources and spectacular wildlife in perpetuity.\" \u003ca title=\"State of the Birds 2011\" href=\"http://www.stateofthebirds.org/newsroom/KeyMessages2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Birds, 2011, USA \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve just returned from a trip to Maui where I enjoyed the tropical climate, warm ocean and amazing wildlife from \u003ca title=\"humpback whales\" href=\"http://wildhawaii.org/marinelife/whales.html\" target=\"_blank\">humpback whales\u003c/a> to \u003ca title=\"sea turtles of Hawaii\" href=\"http://wildhawaii.org/marinelife/turtles.html\" target=\"_blank\">sea turtles\u003c/a> to \u003ca title=\"Migration study of Pacific golden plovers\" href=\"http://www.humanecapture.com/wp-content/uploads/Golden-Plovers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific golden plovers\u003c/a>. The whales and plovers perform similar migratory paths, moving from their wintering grounds in the areas around Hawaii northward each summer to Alaska and the Arctic Circle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I found troubling, though, were the throngs of birds that swarmed the urban areas. They were exotic and beautiful, but almost to a species, they were all non-native and considered invasive. The native bird species of each Hawaiian island hover on the brink of extinction. They’re having a hard time adapting to the many environmental pressures introduced plant species, which are changing their native habitat. There’s also competition from the introduced animal species as well as predation from them, both on the adult birds as well as their young. Ants and rats are particular problems for nesting young.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_50087\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/01/invasive-species-theyre-here-and-more-on-the-way/palila/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50087\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-50087\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Palila.jpg\" alt=\"Native Hawaiian birds, like the palila, are endangered from the many pressures non-native species put on their populations. Image by\" width=\"250\" height=\"215\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Native Hawaiian birds, like the palila, are endangered from the many pressures non-native species put on their populations. Image courtesy of the \u003ca title=\"Wikipedia\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palila.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">USGS\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Hawaiian Islands stand as examples and cautionary tales for our care of the mainland native bird species and their habitats. In our global economy, we are doing a good job of not only transporting goods around the world, but unintentionally transporting problematic species, too. There have been intentional introductions as well. \u003ca title=\"Scientific American, Starling and house sparrow introductions\" href=\"http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=call-of-the-reviled\" target=\"_blank\">Starlings and house sparrows arrived here\u003c/a> with someone’s capricious intention of bringing the birds of Shakespeare to New York’s Central Park. By the 1950's, they’d spread from coast to coast with repercussions for native birds throughout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though invasive species may seem like too great a problem for individuals to tackle, there are steps we can take to make a difference. You can join a crew of \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/getinvolved/volunteer\" target=\"_blank\">volunteers\u003c/a> to pull invasive plants in the regional parks. You can also log your sightings of invasive species on the \u003ca title=\"NIIS website\" href=\"http://www.niiss.org/cwis438/websites/niiss/home.php?WebSiteID=1\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute of Invasive Species Science\u003c/a> website by following instructions on their \u003ca title=\"Citizen Science brochure, NIISS\" href=\"http://www.niiss.org/WebContent/cwis438/download_files/Users%20Guide%20Cit%20Sci%20Brochure%20v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Science initiative\u003c/a>. I noticed that there weren’t any sightings listed for the San Francisco Bay Area. List in the comments below if you have suggestions for how folks can get involved or if you’ve noticed other invasive plants or animals that are problems in our area. Here’s a list of websites with information regarding \u003ca title=\"Invasive Species information\" href=\"http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/unitedstates/ca.shtml#.US7kXxnyvPE\" target=\"_blank\">invasive species in our area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_50088\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 189px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/01/invasive-species-theyre-here-and-more-on-the-way/toulouse_-_sturnus_vulgaris_-_2012-02-26_-_3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50088\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-50088\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Toulouse_-_Sturnus_vulgaris_-_2012-02-26_-_3-189x253.jpg\" alt=\"European starlings are found throughout North America and can be traced back to a successful introduction to Central Park in the late 1800s. Photo by Pierre Sims\" width=\"189\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">European starlings are found throughout North America and can be traced back to a successful introduction to Central Park in the late 1800s. Photo by \u003ca title=\"Wikimedia, Pierre Selim's Eurpoean starling\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toulouse_-_Sturnus_vulgaris_-_2012-02-26_-_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Selim\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Invasive species are here and more are on the way! 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Image by Tony Fox\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu-e1362080975290.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu-e1362080975290-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invasive red-crested cardinals, though beautiful, are serious problems for native Hawaiian birds. Image by \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red-crested_cardinal_-_Oahu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Fox\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"The state of our birds is a measurable indicator of how well we are doing as stewards of our environment, and the signal is clear. Greater bird conservation efforts are needed to realize the vision of a nation sustained economically, biologically and spiritually by abundant natural resources and spectacular wildlife in perpetuity.\" \u003ca title=\"State of the Birds 2011\" href=\"http://www.stateofthebirds.org/newsroom/KeyMessages2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Birds, 2011, USA \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve just returned from a trip to Maui where I enjoyed the tropical climate, warm ocean and amazing wildlife from \u003ca title=\"humpback whales\" href=\"http://wildhawaii.org/marinelife/whales.html\" target=\"_blank\">humpback whales\u003c/a> to \u003ca title=\"sea turtles of Hawaii\" href=\"http://wildhawaii.org/marinelife/turtles.html\" target=\"_blank\">sea turtles\u003c/a> to \u003ca title=\"Migration study of Pacific golden plovers\" href=\"http://www.humanecapture.com/wp-content/uploads/Golden-Plovers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific golden plovers\u003c/a>. The whales and plovers perform similar migratory paths, moving from their wintering grounds in the areas around Hawaii northward each summer to Alaska and the Arctic Circle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I found troubling, though, were the throngs of birds that swarmed the urban areas. They were exotic and beautiful, but almost to a species, they were all non-native and considered invasive. The native bird species of each Hawaiian island hover on the brink of extinction. They’re having a hard time adapting to the many environmental pressures introduced plant species, which are changing their native habitat. There’s also competition from the introduced animal species as well as predation from them, both on the adult birds as well as their young. Ants and rats are particular problems for nesting young.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_50087\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/01/invasive-species-theyre-here-and-more-on-the-way/palila/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50087\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-50087\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Palila.jpg\" alt=\"Native Hawaiian birds, like the palila, are endangered from the many pressures non-native species put on their populations. Image by\" width=\"250\" height=\"215\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Native Hawaiian birds, like the palila, are endangered from the many pressures non-native species put on their populations. Image courtesy of the \u003ca title=\"Wikipedia\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palila.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">USGS\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Hawaiian Islands stand as examples and cautionary tales for our care of the mainland native bird species and their habitats. In our global economy, we are doing a good job of not only transporting goods around the world, but unintentionally transporting problematic species, too. There have been intentional introductions as well. \u003ca title=\"Scientific American, Starling and house sparrow introductions\" href=\"http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=call-of-the-reviled\" target=\"_blank\">Starlings and house sparrows arrived here\u003c/a> with someone’s capricious intention of bringing the birds of Shakespeare to New York’s Central Park. By the 1950's, they’d spread from coast to coast with repercussions for native birds throughout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though invasive species may seem like too great a problem for individuals to tackle, there are steps we can take to make a difference. You can join a crew of \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/getinvolved/volunteer\" target=\"_blank\">volunteers\u003c/a> to pull invasive plants in the regional parks. You can also log your sightings of invasive species on the \u003ca title=\"NIIS website\" href=\"http://www.niiss.org/cwis438/websites/niiss/home.php?WebSiteID=1\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute of Invasive Species Science\u003c/a> website by following instructions on their \u003ca title=\"Citizen Science brochure, NIISS\" href=\"http://www.niiss.org/WebContent/cwis438/download_files/Users%20Guide%20Cit%20Sci%20Brochure%20v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Science initiative\u003c/a>. I noticed that there weren’t any sightings listed for the San Francisco Bay Area. List in the comments below if you have suggestions for how folks can get involved or if you’ve noticed other invasive plants or animals that are problems in our area. Here’s a list of websites with information regarding \u003ca title=\"Invasive Species information\" href=\"http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/unitedstates/ca.shtml#.US7kXxnyvPE\" target=\"_blank\">invasive species in our area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_50088\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 189px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/01/invasive-species-theyre-here-and-more-on-the-way/toulouse_-_sturnus_vulgaris_-_2012-02-26_-_3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50088\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-50088\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/02/Toulouse_-_Sturnus_vulgaris_-_2012-02-26_-_3-189x253.jpg\" alt=\"European starlings are found throughout North America and can be traced back to a successful introduction to Central Park in the late 1800s. Photo by Pierre Sims\" width=\"189\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">European starlings are found throughout North America and can be traced back to a successful introduction to Central Park in the late 1800s. Photo by \u003ca title=\"Wikimedia, Pierre Selim's Eurpoean starling\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toulouse_-_Sturnus_vulgaris_-_2012-02-26_-_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Selim\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/50085/invasive-species-theyre-here-and-more-on-the-way","authors":["6328"],"categories":["quest_4"],"tags":["quest_326","quest_11794","quest_609","quest_1489","quest_11795","quest_13202"],"featImg":"quest_50086","label":"quest"},"quest_48725":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_48725","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"48725","score":null,"sort":[1358524851000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies","title":"Warblers' Secrets for Successful Survival Strategies","publishDate":1358524851,"format":"aside","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_48727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/01/18/warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies/450px-yellow-rump-capisic-spring-2012-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48727\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-48727\" title=\"Yellow-rump-capisic-spring-2012\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/01/450px-Yellow-rump-capisic-spring-20121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flashing its yellow tail patch, a yellow-rumped warbler is easy to spot. {link url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar.jpg\"}Photo by Chuck Homler.{/link}\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are some bright spots on these cold, wet winter days and they’re flitting about in my camellia trees: \u003ca title=\"Cornell Bird ID; yellow-rumped warblers\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-rumped_Warbler/lifehistory\" target=\"_blank\">yellow-rumped warblers\u003c/a>. These little flying gems bring their acrobatic flashes of color to the otherwise drab and muted landscape in its winter garb. To top it off, their feeding strategies are a case study that flexibility leads to success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These birds have the endearing name of “butter butts” for a yellow patch at the base of their tail. You can find them throughout the Bay Area in winter. Drawn by the waxy berries of the \u003ca title=\"Cal Flora website, California Myrtle\" href=\"http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5733\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Myricaceae\u003c/em> (myrtle and bayberry) family\u003c/a> and winter flowers such as \u003ca title=\"Wikipedia, camellia information\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia\" target=\"_blank\">camellia\u003c/a>, they spend winters near us in neighborhood parks and yards. Most of the time, you don’t even need binoculars to see them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_48728\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/01/18/warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies/semi-double_camelia_cultivar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48728\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-48728\" title=\"Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/01/Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar-337x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lush blooms of camellias in winter attract 'butter butts' and other wildlife.\" {link url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar.jpg\"}Photo by Kowloonese.{/link}\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yellow-rumped warblers are designated a \"Species of Least Concern\" with a stable population in no danger of disappearing. Why are they so successful? Their first secret to success is their rare ability to digest the wax of berries in the myrtle family. These waxy berries, once used by Colonial Americans to make candles, store fat that’s usually inaccessible for energy. These warblers can digest it and put that wax-fat to good use; they can winter further north than other warblers. On both coasts of North America their wintering territory mirrors the presence of myrtles, sometimes in otherwise inhospitable areas covered in snow and ice. Some of the species, perhaps those that have discovered the wonders of an endless summer, migrate further south as far as Central America. The second secret to the warblers success is a flexible feeding strategy. They can glean insects from leaves and bark, flycatch in mid-air, forage along shorelines for aquatic insects, drink nectar and eat pollen from flowers. They may do all of these things, appropriate to the abundance of the season, over the course of a year. Too bad there aren’t training courses led by these little “butter butts” for some of our endangered bird species that are trapped in their niche feeding strategies. Imagine: clapper rails birds “job shadowing” a group of yellow-rumped warblers to expand their feeding options!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that we’ve passed the shortest day of the year, enjoy the lengthening daylight. The warblers and camellias remind us that spring is just a few months away. To learn more about our local birds and their habitats come along on an East Bay Regional Park \u003ca title=\"ebparks.org, activities\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities\" target=\"_blank\">naturalist program\u003c/a> or visit your local \u003ca title=\"Golden Gate Audubon Society, field trips\" href=\"http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/field-trips/upcoming-field-trips-2012/\" target=\"_blank\">Audubon Society website\u003c/a> to see what they have to offer near you. Don’t forget about the many ways you can help track bird and plant activities around you; check out \u003ca title=\"Cornell Birds, Citizen Science projects\" href=\"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citsci/projects\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Science programs\u003c/a> and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Learn the survival secrets of our winter visitors, the yellow-rumped warblers.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1366756031,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":6,"wordCount":538},"headData":{"title":"Warblers' Secrets for Successful Survival Strategies | KQED","description":"Learn the survival secrets of our winter visitors, the yellow-rumped warblers.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Warblers' Secrets for Successful Survival Strategies","datePublished":"2013-01-18T16:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2013-04-23T22:27:11.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"48725 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=48725","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/01/18/warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies/","disqusTitle":"Warblers' Secrets for Successful Survival Strategies","path":"/quest/48725/warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_48727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/01/18/warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies/450px-yellow-rump-capisic-spring-2012-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48727\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-48727\" title=\"Yellow-rump-capisic-spring-2012\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/01/450px-Yellow-rump-capisic-spring-20121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flashing its yellow tail patch, a yellow-rumped warbler is easy to spot. {link url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar.jpg\"}Photo by Chuck Homler.{/link}\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are some bright spots on these cold, wet winter days and they’re flitting about in my camellia trees: \u003ca title=\"Cornell Bird ID; yellow-rumped warblers\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-rumped_Warbler/lifehistory\" target=\"_blank\">yellow-rumped warblers\u003c/a>. These little flying gems bring their acrobatic flashes of color to the otherwise drab and muted landscape in its winter garb. To top it off, their feeding strategies are a case study that flexibility leads to success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These birds have the endearing name of “butter butts” for a yellow patch at the base of their tail. You can find them throughout the Bay Area in winter. Drawn by the waxy berries of the \u003ca title=\"Cal Flora website, California Myrtle\" href=\"http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5733\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Myricaceae\u003c/em> (myrtle and bayberry) family\u003c/a> and winter flowers such as \u003ca title=\"Wikipedia, camellia information\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia\" target=\"_blank\">camellia\u003c/a>, they spend winters near us in neighborhood parks and yards. Most of the time, you don’t even need binoculars to see them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_48728\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2013/01/18/warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies/semi-double_camelia_cultivar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48728\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-48728\" title=\"Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2013/01/Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar-337x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lush blooms of camellias in winter attract 'butter butts' and other wildlife.\" {link url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Semi-double_Camelia_cultivar.jpg\"}Photo by Kowloonese.{/link}\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yellow-rumped warblers are designated a \"Species of Least Concern\" with a stable population in no danger of disappearing. Why are they so successful? Their first secret to success is their rare ability to digest the wax of berries in the myrtle family. These waxy berries, once used by Colonial Americans to make candles, store fat that’s usually inaccessible for energy. These warblers can digest it and put that wax-fat to good use; they can winter further north than other warblers. On both coasts of North America their wintering territory mirrors the presence of myrtles, sometimes in otherwise inhospitable areas covered in snow and ice. Some of the species, perhaps those that have discovered the wonders of an endless summer, migrate further south as far as Central America. The second secret to the warblers success is a flexible feeding strategy. They can glean insects from leaves and bark, flycatch in mid-air, forage along shorelines for aquatic insects, drink nectar and eat pollen from flowers. They may do all of these things, appropriate to the abundance of the season, over the course of a year. Too bad there aren’t training courses led by these little “butter butts” for some of our endangered bird species that are trapped in their niche feeding strategies. Imagine: clapper rails birds “job shadowing” a group of yellow-rumped warblers to expand their feeding options!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that we’ve passed the shortest day of the year, enjoy the lengthening daylight. The warblers and camellias remind us that spring is just a few months away. To learn more about our local birds and their habitats come along on an East Bay Regional Park \u003ca title=\"ebparks.org, activities\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities\" target=\"_blank\">naturalist program\u003c/a> or visit your local \u003ca title=\"Golden Gate Audubon Society, field trips\" href=\"http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/field-trips/upcoming-field-trips-2012/\" target=\"_blank\">Audubon Society website\u003c/a> to see what they have to offer near you. Don’t forget about the many ways you can help track bird and plant activities around you; check out \u003ca title=\"Cornell Birds, Citizen Science projects\" href=\"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citsci/projects\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Science programs\u003c/a> and get involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/48725/warblers-secrets-for-successful-survival-strategies","authors":["6328"],"categories":["quest_4"],"tags":["quest_326","quest_609","quest_21","quest_3310","quest_3307","quest_13202","quest_9978","quest_11684"],"featImg":"quest_48727","label":"quest"},"quest_48071":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_48071","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"48071","score":null,"sort":[1356125684000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"birdwatching-for-science-and-fun","title":"Birdwatching for Science (and Fun!)","publishDate":1356125684,"format":"aside","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_48080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 481px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/12/21/birdwatching-for-science-and-fun/photo5-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48080\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-48080 \" title=\"Christmas Bird Count volunteer bird watchers, Alameda\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/12/photo51-481x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteer bird watchers on alert to identify and count all bird species in our area. Photo by Robert Embry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While scientific research isn’t always fun it can be a \"walk in the park\" when it involves bird watching. When the alarm went off at “O’dark thirty” last Sunday, I had to dig deep to find the enthusiasm to get out of bed. It has been more than 20 years since I last participated in the annual \u003ca title=\"Christmas Bird Count, Golden Gate Audubon Society\" href=\"http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/birding-resources/christmas-bird-counts/\" target=\"_blank\">Audubon Christmas Bird Count\u003c/a> (CBC). Held every winter, the count is one of the largest and longest-running “Citizen Science” projects in the world. Last year, the 112\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> count, covered 2,248 count areas: 410 “count circles” in Canada, 1,739 in the USA, and 99 in Latin America, Caribbean, and Pacific Islands. A total of 63,227 volunteer observers were out for the day of the count last year in their respective areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our morning in Alameda started with a congenial, if sleepy gathering of about 30 volunteer bird watchers at our local CBC coordinator’s house. We were broken into 3 teams to cover different areas of Alameda. Two CBC veterans ably led my team. We had a mix of experienced and novice bird watchers and a very specific territory to cover. Our leaders, Marilyn and Inge, had scouted the area a few days prior and knew the best route and timing. We walked first through the cool, wooded park, listening for the quiet calling of birds in the trees. “\u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Downy_Woodpecker/id\">Downy woodpecker\u003c/a>! \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ruby-crowned_kinglet/id\" target=\"_blank\">Ruby-crowned kinglet\u003c/a>! \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bushtit/id\" target=\"_blank\">Bushtit\u003c/a> flock!” was called out for our recorder to note the species and number present, many without an actual bird in sight. Good birders can rely on the different bird vocalizations to identify the bird.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We worked our way to the pond, filled with 100 coots, then onto the beach. There the sheer numbers of overwintering shorebirds at first overwhelmed us. Trying to divide the shifting multitudes into species and get an accurate count tested our skills. “Who wants to count the \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Sandpiper/id\" target=\"_blank\">Western Sandpipers\u003c/a>? Are there any \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Least_Sandpiper/id\" target=\"_blank\">Least Sandpipers\u003c/a> in the bunch?” our leaders asked. “How ‘bout the \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/dunlin/id\" target=\"_blank\">Dunlin\u003c/a>? Looks like thousands of them!” With the expert birders in our midst, we were able to see some very special birds from the beach: \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mew_Gull/id\" target=\"_blank\">Mew Gulls\u003c/a> and a \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bonapartes_Gull/id\" target=\"_blank\">Bonaparte’s Gull\u003c/a>. We even had a surprise appearance as a \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon/id\" target=\"_blank\">Peregrine Falcon\u003c/a> swooped low over the shorebirds then flew on, empty-taloned, to perch on a sailboat mast for our viewing pleasure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_48073\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 253px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/12/21/birdwatching-for-science-and-fun/falco_peregrinus_-morro_rock_morro_bay_california_usa_-flying-8/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48073\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-48073\" title=\"Falco_peregrinus_-Morro_Rock,_Morro_Bay,_California,_USA_-flying-8\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/12/Falco_peregrinus_-Morro_Rock_Morro_Bay_California_USA_-flying-8-253x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Peregrine Falcon was sighted and added to our list. Photo by Mike Baird, Wikimedia Commons\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Four hours later, our three groups reconvened to review and compile our lists over some lunch. The “diehard” birders then went out after lunch to look for any expected birds that weren’t seen in the morning. Then groups from all over Oakland and Alameda converged for a celebratory dinner together. Another CBC done! You can find out more about how the data is useful to scientists at the \u003ca title=\"Golden Gate Audubon website\" href=\"http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/blog-posts/winnerslosers-in-oaklands-christmas-bird-count/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Audubon\u003c/a> website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you missed the CBC this year, you still have a chance to contribute to the scientific knowledge of local birds. The annual \u003ca title=\"Great Backyard Bird Count, Audubon website\" href=\"http://birds.audubon.org/great-backyard-bird-count\" target=\"_blank\">“Great Backyard Bird Count”\u003c/a> project is February 15-18, 2013 and you don’t even have to leave home to participate! You’re welcome to join the East Bay Regional Parks naturalists to learn more about our local birds on one of their \u003ca title=\"East Bay Regional Parks website\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities\" target=\"_blank\">free bird watching\u003c/a> programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"While scientific research isn’t always fun it can be a \"walk in the park\" when it involves bird watching. 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We walked first through the cool, wooded park, listening for the quiet calling of birds in the trees. “\u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Downy_Woodpecker/id\">Downy woodpecker\u003c/a>! \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ruby-crowned_kinglet/id\" target=\"_blank\">Ruby-crowned kinglet\u003c/a>! \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bushtit/id\" target=\"_blank\">Bushtit\u003c/a> flock!” was called out for our recorder to note the species and number present, many without an actual bird in sight. Good birders can rely on the different bird vocalizations to identify the bird.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We worked our way to the pond, filled with 100 coots, then onto the beach. There the sheer numbers of overwintering shorebirds at first overwhelmed us. Trying to divide the shifting multitudes into species and get an accurate count tested our skills. “Who wants to count the \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Sandpiper/id\" target=\"_blank\">Western Sandpipers\u003c/a>? Are there any \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Least_Sandpiper/id\" target=\"_blank\">Least Sandpipers\u003c/a> in the bunch?” our leaders asked. “How ‘bout the \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/dunlin/id\" target=\"_blank\">Dunlin\u003c/a>? Looks like thousands of them!” With the expert birders in our midst, we were able to see some very special birds from the beach: \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mew_Gull/id\" target=\"_blank\">Mew Gulls\u003c/a> and a \u003ca title=\"All About Birds, Cornell website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bonapartes_Gull/id\" target=\"_blank\">Bonaparte’s Gull\u003c/a>. 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You’re welcome to join the East Bay Regional Parks naturalists to learn more about our local birds on one of their \u003ca title=\"East Bay Regional Parks website\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities\" target=\"_blank\">free bird watching\u003c/a> programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/48071/birdwatching-for-science-and-fun","authors":["6328"],"categories":["quest_4"],"tags":["quest_11657","quest_10596","quest_609","quest_3310","quest_3307","quest_13202"],"featImg":"quest_48080","label":"quest"},"quest_45235":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_45235","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"45235","score":null,"sort":[1348860643000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"counting-climate-challenged-pikas","title":"Counting Climate-Challenged Pikas","publishDate":1348860643,"format":"audio","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cp>http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/quest/2012/10/2012-10-01-quest.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American pika is a squeaky little animal that lives at high elevations in mountains in the West. It could one day have a huge influence on America’s battles over climate change. And a new program is enlisting students to help scientists learn more about the critters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meet the Pika\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45257\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 307px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-45257 \" title=\"pika640x360\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/pika640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/pika640x360.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/pika640x360-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The American pika lives at high elevations in the American West. Photo: Doug Von Gausig/Naturesongs.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a campground near Lake Tahoe, a group of seventh and eighth graders from West Oakland Middle School are sitting around a campfire, getting to know ecologist Joseph Stewart. And he's introducing them to his work. Stewart works with the California Department of Fish and Game and is a grad student at the University of Nevada-Reno, where he studies pikas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a picture of a pika,\" Stewart says. He pulls out a photo and the campers click on their flashlights to see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ooh, they're cute,\" says seventh-grader Anisa Moore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pikas are related to rabbits. They're about the size of hamsters, with no tails and round Mickey Mouse ears. They live in rock piles at high elevations, and are adapted to cold temperatures. When it gets too hot, they hide out under the rocks. So Stewart is trying to figure out if pikas don't do well in the heat, what will happen to them as the climate continues to warm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They've been petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act because of climate change,\" he explains to the students. \"But when the Fish and Wildlife Service reviewed that petition, they pretty much said that we don't know enough about how pikas are doing. We need more data.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, the Obama administration decided \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/americanpika/\">not to protect pikas as endangered\u003c/a>. But \u003ca href=\"http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/nongame/CPC/\">California is still considering it\u003c/a>. If the state does decide to add them to its endangered species list, pikas would become the first species here to be listed as threatened primarily because of climate change. If the state starts protecting animals because of climate change, things that affect the climate, like new fossil-fuel power plants or clearcut logging projects, could be slowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students are here with Howard Nathel, who volunteers at their school and organized the project. They'll survey likely pika habitat, to help figure out where pikas still live, and in what locations they once lived, but don't anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In the Wilderness\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45290\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 189px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45290\" title=\"IMG_4146\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/IMG_4146-189x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"253\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fredrikka Lake at the border of Desolation Wilderness. Photo: Molly Samuel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To get to pika habitat, the students have to hike. Lake Tahoe isn't high enough for the cold-loving creatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're heading to Tamarack Lake, a bright blue lake surrounded by granite and pine trees in the Desolation Wilderness near South Lake Tahoe. At about 7800 feet in elevation, it's in prime pika territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next morning, Anton Jackson and Joe Green get their first glimpse of a pika as it scurries across the rocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You guys see that?\" Stewart points it out to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Yeah,\" Jackson says. \"It's right there. It's really small. It's on that little rock.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's hecka small,\" says Green.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group that's leading this trip is \u003ca href=\"http://www.adventureandscience.org/\">Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation\u003c/a> (ASC), a Montana-based non-profit. Usually the organization puts outdoor athletes -- hikers, climbers, kayakers -- in touch with scientists who study plants and animals in hard-to-reach places, like Mt. Everest, the Australian Outback or the Amazon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the first trip the group has organized for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's such a cool way for them to have fun, to grow a lot, and to be excited about what it is to be a scientist,\" says Gregg Treinish, the founder of ASC. \"And to have that idea in their heads that, 'Hey I can be a scientist. Hey, I can do this.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students learn to take down the data they need: where they are, what time it is, and whether or not they found pikas. Stewart explains the best way to figure out if a pika lives -- or has lived -- in the area is by looking for pika pellets, which look like brown-green peppercorns. De'Jon Banks quickly finds some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45285\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45285\" title=\"IMG_4168\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/IMG_4168-337x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left to right) Brendan Weiner, Howard Nathel, De'Jon Banks, Fredrick Lake, Joseph Stewart, Anton Jackson and Joe Green look for pikas. Photo: Molly Samuel/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Oh, this pika poop right here?\" He asks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's see. Looks like it. Looks like you found some,\" Stewart says. \"So I'll write down that we found some...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Old pika poop,\" Banks offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This data will go into \u003ca href=\"http://www.inaturalist.org/\">iNaturalist\u003c/a>, a website where citizen scientists can upload their observations for scientists to use. This is the first time anyone's surveyed the area around Tamarack Lake for pikas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Treinish says, this project isn’t just good for science, it’s also good for the students, who are going beyond pre-set lab experiments, and learning to do actual field work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're in 7th grade from West Oakland, and they're going to be part of science, they're part of our scientific understanding of the world. And that's a really cool thing,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pikas in the Past, Present and Future\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, Stewart takes me to one of the sites he's studied. As it starts to cool off around dusk, the pikas emerge from under the rocks and begin calling. Their chirps bounce off the granite boulders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think there will be pikas here in 50 years,\" Stewart tells me. \"Right now it seems like there's tons, but if you change the climate, if it's on average a couple degrees Celsius warmer here, it's not going to be climaticly suitable for pikas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pikas have been moving uphill since the last ice age, to keep up with the cooler temperatures they've evolved to live in. As part of his research, Stewart searches for spots that would be good pika habitat if they were higher and cooler. When he finds pika pellets in those locations, he can tell they once lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate continues to warm, their range will get even smaller. Stewart says anthropogenic climate change means, they may disappear from Northern California entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pika Policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more scientists know about their numbers, the better informed government leaders will be when deciding whether to classify them as endangered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Fish and Game is expected to recommend whether or not to list the pika as threatened later this year.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A group of West Oakland students treks up to the Sierra to try to help a small mammal that may be threatened by climate change. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1443824456,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1119},"headData":{"title":"Counting Climate-Challenged Pikas | KQED","description":"A group of West Oakland students treks up to the Sierra to try to help a small mammal that may be threatened by climate change. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Counting Climate-Challenged Pikas","datePublished":"2012-09-28T19:30:43.000Z","dateModified":"2015-10-02T22:20:56.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"45235 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?post_type=audio_reports&p=45235","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/28/counting-climate-challenged-pikas/","disqusTitle":"Counting Climate-Challenged Pikas","path":"/quest/45235/counting-climate-challenged-pikas","audioUrl":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/quest/2012/10/2012-10-01-quest.mp3","audioDuration":null,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/quest/2012/10/2012-10-01-quest.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American pika is a squeaky little animal that lives at high elevations in mountains in the West. It could one day have a huge influence on America’s battles over climate change. And a new program is enlisting students to help scientists learn more about the critters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meet the Pika\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45257\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 307px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-45257 \" title=\"pika640x360\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/pika640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/pika640x360.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/pika640x360-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The American pika lives at high elevations in the American West. Photo: Doug Von Gausig/Naturesongs.com\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a campground near Lake Tahoe, a group of seventh and eighth graders from West Oakland Middle School are sitting around a campfire, getting to know ecologist Joseph Stewart. And he's introducing them to his work. Stewart works with the California Department of Fish and Game and is a grad student at the University of Nevada-Reno, where he studies pikas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a picture of a pika,\" Stewart says. He pulls out a photo and the campers click on their flashlights to see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ooh, they're cute,\" says seventh-grader Anisa Moore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pikas are related to rabbits. They're about the size of hamsters, with no tails and round Mickey Mouse ears. They live in rock piles at high elevations, and are adapted to cold temperatures. When it gets too hot, they hide out under the rocks. So Stewart is trying to figure out if pikas don't do well in the heat, what will happen to them as the climate continues to warm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They've been petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act because of climate change,\" he explains to the students. \"But when the Fish and Wildlife Service reviewed that petition, they pretty much said that we don't know enough about how pikas are doing. We need more data.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, the Obama administration decided \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/americanpika/\">not to protect pikas as endangered\u003c/a>. But \u003ca href=\"http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/nongame/CPC/\">California is still considering it\u003c/a>. If the state does decide to add them to its endangered species list, pikas would become the first species here to be listed as threatened primarily because of climate change. If the state starts protecting animals because of climate change, things that affect the climate, like new fossil-fuel power plants or clearcut logging projects, could be slowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students are here with Howard Nathel, who volunteers at their school and organized the project. They'll survey likely pika habitat, to help figure out where pikas still live, and in what locations they once lived, but don't anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In the Wilderness\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45290\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 189px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45290\" title=\"IMG_4146\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/IMG_4146-189x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"253\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fredrikka Lake at the border of Desolation Wilderness. Photo: Molly Samuel\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To get to pika habitat, the students have to hike. Lake Tahoe isn't high enough for the cold-loving creatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're heading to Tamarack Lake, a bright blue lake surrounded by granite and pine trees in the Desolation Wilderness near South Lake Tahoe. At about 7800 feet in elevation, it's in prime pika territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next morning, Anton Jackson and Joe Green get their first glimpse of a pika as it scurries across the rocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You guys see that?\" Stewart points it out to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Yeah,\" Jackson says. \"It's right there. It's really small. It's on that little rock.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's hecka small,\" says Green.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group that's leading this trip is \u003ca href=\"http://www.adventureandscience.org/\">Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation\u003c/a> (ASC), a Montana-based non-profit. Usually the organization puts outdoor athletes -- hikers, climbers, kayakers -- in touch with scientists who study plants and animals in hard-to-reach places, like Mt. Everest, the Australian Outback or the Amazon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the first trip the group has organized for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's such a cool way for them to have fun, to grow a lot, and to be excited about what it is to be a scientist,\" says Gregg Treinish, the founder of ASC. \"And to have that idea in their heads that, 'Hey I can be a scientist. Hey, I can do this.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students learn to take down the data they need: where they are, what time it is, and whether or not they found pikas. Stewart explains the best way to figure out if a pika lives -- or has lived -- in the area is by looking for pika pellets, which look like brown-green peppercorns. De'Jon Banks quickly finds some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45285\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45285\" title=\"IMG_4168\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/IMG_4168-337x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left to right) Brendan Weiner, Howard Nathel, De'Jon Banks, Fredrick Lake, Joseph Stewart, Anton Jackson and Joe Green look for pikas. Photo: Molly Samuel/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Oh, this pika poop right here?\" He asks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Let's see. Looks like it. Looks like you found some,\" Stewart says. \"So I'll write down that we found some...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Old pika poop,\" Banks offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This data will go into \u003ca href=\"http://www.inaturalist.org/\">iNaturalist\u003c/a>, a website where citizen scientists can upload their observations for scientists to use. This is the first time anyone's surveyed the area around Tamarack Lake for pikas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Treinish says, this project isn’t just good for science, it’s also good for the students, who are going beyond pre-set lab experiments, and learning to do actual field work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're in 7th grade from West Oakland, and they're going to be part of science, they're part of our scientific understanding of the world. And that's a really cool thing,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pikas in the Past, Present and Future\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the day, Stewart takes me to one of the sites he's studied. As it starts to cool off around dusk, the pikas emerge from under the rocks and begin calling. Their chirps bounce off the granite boulders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think there will be pikas here in 50 years,\" Stewart tells me. \"Right now it seems like there's tons, but if you change the climate, if it's on average a couple degrees Celsius warmer here, it's not going to be climaticly suitable for pikas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pikas have been moving uphill since the last ice age, to keep up with the cooler temperatures they've evolved to live in. As part of his research, Stewart searches for spots that would be good pika habitat if they were higher and cooler. When he finds pika pellets in those locations, he can tell they once lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the climate continues to warm, their range will get even smaller. Stewart says anthropogenic climate change means, they may disappear from Northern California entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pika Policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more scientists know about their numbers, the better informed government leaders will be when deciding whether to classify them as endangered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Fish and Game is expected to recommend whether or not to list the pika as threatened later this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/45235/counting-climate-challenged-pikas","authors":["200"],"categories":["quest_4","quest_6","quest_9"],"tags":["quest_11506","quest_252","quest_326","quest_609","quest_11194","quest_13203","quest_11504"],"featImg":"quest_45257","label":"quest"},"quest_41659":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_41659","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"41659","score":null,"sort":[1344006029000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching","title":"The Pleasures of Backyard Bird-Watching","publishDate":1344006029,"format":"standard","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hooded Oriole male\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41661\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bird-watching forays into our beautiful East Bay Regional Parks are great, and I enjoy volunteering to watch the endangered \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/06/22/observing-life-and-death-in-the-ca-least-tern-colony/\">California Least Terns\u003c/a> in Alameda. I also love \u003ca href=\"http://bayislandnature.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-usual-suspects-backyard-birds-in.html\">my backyard\u003c/a>. It's filled with a changing kaleidoscope of wild neighbors I’ve gotten to know over the years, including some everyday urban birds and some breathtaking sightings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've tried several methods of enhancing my local birding. Alameda already has lots of mature trees scattered over the island that provide great roosting and nesting areas. Seed-filled bird feeders brought in plenty of birds one winter until we developed a rat infestation. We've had better luck improving the habitat for birds by replacing our lawns with more diverse native and drought-tolerant plants. We now have more nectar plants, insects and habitat variety to support them. Nearby palm trees provide nesting space for both \u003ca title=\"Barn Owl ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/id\" target=\"_blank\">Barn Owls\u003c/a> and spectacular \u003ca title=\"Cornell Labs website, Hooded Orioles\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Oriole/id\" target=\"_blank\">Hooded Orioles\u003c/a>. The orioles migrate from Mexico and Central America to summer as far north as the Bay Area. They visit passionflower vines on our fence and steal nectar, inserting their beak at the base of the flower without pollinating it. Their distinctive calls ring through our neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/03/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching/451px-pipilo_crissalis_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41662\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-41662\" title=\"California Towhee\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/451px-Pipilo_crissalis_1-190x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In our backyard ecosystem, we can watch a complete food web in action. From the seed eaters, like \u003ca title=\"Lesser Goldfinch ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Goldfinch/id\" target=\"_blank\">Lesser Goldfinch\u003c/a> gleaning Cosmos flower seeds, to \u003ca title=\"California Towhee ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Towhee/id\" target=\"_blank\">California Towhees\u003c/a> hopping in the leaf litter to find juicy insects. There are even spectacular \u003ca title=\"Cooper's Hawk ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/coopers_hawk/id\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper’s Hawk\u003c/a> chases sometimes ending in birdy meals for the raptors. I recorded one of these encounters in my \u003ca title=\"Bay Island Nature blog\" href=\"http://bayislandnature.blogspot.com/2011/08/hawks-of-august.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Island Nature\u003c/a> blog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These observations are valuable to scientists. They rely on scores of us “Citizen Scientists” to collect data about our common and unusual local birds. You can be part of this collaborative! Projects range from committing 15 minutes of your time to devoting hours contributing to the body of knowledge about our avian friends. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca title=\"Citizen Science projects website\" href=\"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citsci/projects\" target=\"_blank\">line-up of projects\u003c/a> provides many choices for the beginner to expert birder. You can view some of the data compiled into amazing \u003ca title=\"Bird Species Occurrance Maps, Cornell website\" href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/occurrence-maps/occurrence-maps\" target=\"_blank\">bird species occurrence animated maps\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/03/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching/683px-coopers_hawk_2-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41681\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-41681\" title=\"Cooper's Hawk in flight\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/683px-Coopers_Hawk_21-287x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click on the species you’d like to see and watch as the map lights up as the year progresses and the birds migrate between their winter and breeding grounds. You can even help Cornell’s \u003ca title=\"eBird website from Cornell University\" href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\" target=\"_blank\">eBird\u003c/a> data collection website reach its 100 millionth entry, with a chance to win commemorative prizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about your local birds either through websites mentioned above or classes and programs offered by state, national, the \u003ca title=\"East Bay Regional Parks website\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Regional Parks\u003c/a> and the \u003ca title=\"Golden Gate Audubon Society website\" href=\"http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Audubon Society \u003c/a>as well as others. I hope you’ll join me in enjoying the world of feathers and flight!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Get to know your feathered neighbors and find out how you can contribute to avian science and research.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1346781905,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":468},"headData":{"title":"The Pleasures of Backyard Bird-Watching | KQED","description":"Get to know your feathered neighbors and find out how you can contribute to avian science and research.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Pleasures of Backyard Bird-Watching","datePublished":"2012-08-03T15:00:29.000Z","dateModified":"2012-09-04T18:05:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"41659 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=41659","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/03/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching/","disqusTitle":"The Pleasures of Backyard Bird-Watching","path":"/quest/41659/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hooded Oriole male\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41661\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bird-watching forays into our beautiful East Bay Regional Parks are great, and I enjoy volunteering to watch the endangered \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/06/22/observing-life-and-death-in-the-ca-least-tern-colony/\">California Least Terns\u003c/a> in Alameda. I also love \u003ca href=\"http://bayislandnature.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-usual-suspects-backyard-birds-in.html\">my backyard\u003c/a>. It's filled with a changing kaleidoscope of wild neighbors I’ve gotten to know over the years, including some everyday urban birds and some breathtaking sightings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've tried several methods of enhancing my local birding. Alameda already has lots of mature trees scattered over the island that provide great roosting and nesting areas. Seed-filled bird feeders brought in plenty of birds one winter until we developed a rat infestation. We've had better luck improving the habitat for birds by replacing our lawns with more diverse native and drought-tolerant plants. We now have more nectar plants, insects and habitat variety to support them. Nearby palm trees provide nesting space for both \u003ca title=\"Barn Owl ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/id\" target=\"_blank\">Barn Owls\u003c/a> and spectacular \u003ca title=\"Cornell Labs website, Hooded Orioles\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Oriole/id\" target=\"_blank\">Hooded Orioles\u003c/a>. The orioles migrate from Mexico and Central America to summer as far north as the Bay Area. They visit passionflower vines on our fence and steal nectar, inserting their beak at the base of the flower without pollinating it. Their distinctive calls ring through our neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/03/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching/451px-pipilo_crissalis_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41662\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-41662\" title=\"California Towhee\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/451px-Pipilo_crissalis_1-190x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In our backyard ecosystem, we can watch a complete food web in action. From the seed eaters, like \u003ca title=\"Lesser Goldfinch ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Goldfinch/id\" target=\"_blank\">Lesser Goldfinch\u003c/a> gleaning Cosmos flower seeds, to \u003ca title=\"California Towhee ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Towhee/id\" target=\"_blank\">California Towhees\u003c/a> hopping in the leaf litter to find juicy insects. There are even spectacular \u003ca title=\"Cooper's Hawk ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/coopers_hawk/id\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper’s Hawk\u003c/a> chases sometimes ending in birdy meals for the raptors. I recorded one of these encounters in my \u003ca title=\"Bay Island Nature blog\" href=\"http://bayislandnature.blogspot.com/2011/08/hawks-of-august.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Island Nature\u003c/a> blog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These observations are valuable to scientists. They rely on scores of us “Citizen Scientists” to collect data about our common and unusual local birds. You can be part of this collaborative! Projects range from committing 15 minutes of your time to devoting hours contributing to the body of knowledge about our avian friends. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca title=\"Citizen Science projects website\" href=\"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citsci/projects\" target=\"_blank\">line-up of projects\u003c/a> provides many choices for the beginner to expert birder. You can view some of the data compiled into amazing \u003ca title=\"Bird Species Occurrance Maps, Cornell website\" href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/occurrence-maps/occurrence-maps\" target=\"_blank\">bird species occurrence animated maps\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/03/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching/683px-coopers_hawk_2-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41681\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-41681\" title=\"Cooper's Hawk in flight\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/683px-Coopers_Hawk_21-287x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click on the species you’d like to see and watch as the map lights up as the year progresses and the birds migrate between their winter and breeding grounds. You can even help Cornell’s \u003ca title=\"eBird website from Cornell University\" href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\" target=\"_blank\">eBird\u003c/a> data collection website reach its 100 millionth entry, with a chance to win commemorative prizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about your local birds either through websites mentioned above or classes and programs offered by state, national, the \u003ca title=\"East Bay Regional Parks website\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Regional Parks\u003c/a> and the \u003ca title=\"Golden Gate Audubon Society website\" href=\"http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Audubon Society \u003c/a>as well as others. I hope you’ll join me in enjoying the world of feathers and flight!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/41659/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching","authors":["6328"],"categories":["quest_4"],"tags":["quest_10514","quest_340","quest_609","quest_912","quest_1236","quest_13202"],"featImg":"quest_41661","label":"quest"},"quest_39430":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_39430","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"39430","score":null,"sort":[1339686036000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"soaring-in-space-citizen-science-at-103000-feet","title":"Soaring in Space: Citizen Science at 103,000 Feet","publishDate":1339686036,"format":"standard","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3.png\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Image from Marc Labriet\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-39447\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3-400x225.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, citizen scientist Marc Labriet and students from Valley Christian High School in Dublin, CA collaborated on a special high altitude weather balloon project to retrieve images from near space as well as test theories on gamma rays and radiation repercussion yields. The above photo was taken by a camera attached to one his balloons, which was cleared for launch by the FAA. Experiments built by two teams of students from the high school were also launched with the balloon’s payload.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first balloon launched by Marc, named \u003cem>Furiousity\u003c/em>, was unable to be located for retrieval. The second balloon, aptly named \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em>, soared to 103,000 feet and delivered some spectacular images of near space. The video journal of the process can be viewed \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTf6LjwEJm4&feature=youtu.behttp://\">here\u003c/a>. More details about the \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em> launch as well as the summaries of launches leading up to its success are given in more detail on the website \u003ca href=\"http://www.beyond62.com/\">Beyond 62\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marc has been working on projects like this since late 2010, gaining valuable expertise in the process. Marc noted, “Experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes.” Reading through the launch summaries on Beyond 62 - it’s clear that those mistakes led to the success of \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em>. The first launch demanded a steep learning curve with weeks of preparation and 26 days to recover it. \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em> was built, launched and retrieved within 24 hours. Marc spoke more with QUEST about what he has learned along the way with these launches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What got you interested in building payloads for balloons destined for near space?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building and launching \"Near Space balloons\" started in the late '60s but it has become increasingly popular in the last 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially I did it for the same reason I think more and more amateurs are doing it. It's the easiest and cheapest way to do something space-related that will produce jaw-dropping results. Most people stop after one launch. I wanted to make the system more reliable, more sophisticated and I wanted to get other people as excited about it as I was, so I continued launching high altitude capsules.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhat was an unexpected reward or insight?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A failure often teaches you more than a success. It's very frustrating because you feel like you have wasted all this time and money, but it's actually this experience that will make the next one a great success.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nHow many projects have you launched to date? What did you learn from each?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have launched 4 capsules so far. I have learned a lot from each one of them. One taught me to not rush the launch even if I am late, another one taught me the systems engineering part of a \"Near Space\" flight, what works, what doesn't work. Finally, I learnt that the descent dictates everything (layout and technology).\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nHow did the citizen science component of the project come about?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to focus on the system module of the capsule and not the payload. It gave the opportunity to get other people involved in my projects. So I contacted a few high schools and asked if some students would be interested in building high altitude experiments that I would fly for free. Melissa Greer from Christian Valley High School in Dublin, CA was immediately interested and we started brainstorming ideas with the students. It's a first step. I'd love to help them launch their own capsule next year.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhat advice would you give to someone taking this on as a citizen science project?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don't wait until you know everything to start building one. It's not as hard as some describe it. Do it with a friend or a relative and you will have an awesome experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this experience, Marc has embarked on a new direction in his career. He is currently attending the International Space University's Space Studies Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Citizen scientist Marc Labriet and students from Valley Christian High School in Dublin, CA collaborated on a special balloon project to retrieve images from near space as well as test theories on gamma rays and radiation repercussion yields.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1340306686,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":664},"headData":{"title":"Soaring in Space: Citizen Science at 103,000 Feet | KQED","description":"Citizen scientist Marc Labriet and students from Valley Christian High School in Dublin, CA collaborated on a special balloon project to retrieve images from near space as well as test theories on gamma rays and radiation repercussion yields.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Soaring in Space: Citizen Science at 103,000 Feet","datePublished":"2012-06-14T15:00:36.000Z","dateModified":"2012-06-21T19:24:46.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"39430 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=39430","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/06/14/soaring-in-space-citizen-science-at-103000-feet/","disqusTitle":"Soaring in Space: Citizen Science at 103,000 Feet","path":"/quest/39430/soaring-in-space-citizen-science-at-103000-feet","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3.png\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Image from Marc Labriet\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-39447\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/06/Picture-3-400x225.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, citizen scientist Marc Labriet and students from Valley Christian High School in Dublin, CA collaborated on a special high altitude weather balloon project to retrieve images from near space as well as test theories on gamma rays and radiation repercussion yields. The above photo was taken by a camera attached to one his balloons, which was cleared for launch by the FAA. Experiments built by two teams of students from the high school were also launched with the balloon’s payload.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first balloon launched by Marc, named \u003cem>Furiousity\u003c/em>, was unable to be located for retrieval. The second balloon, aptly named \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em>, soared to 103,000 feet and delivered some spectacular images of near space. The video journal of the process can be viewed \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTf6LjwEJm4&feature=youtu.behttp://\">here\u003c/a>. More details about the \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em> launch as well as the summaries of launches leading up to its success are given in more detail on the website \u003ca href=\"http://www.beyond62.com/\">Beyond 62\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marc has been working on projects like this since late 2010, gaining valuable expertise in the process. Marc noted, “Experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes.” Reading through the launch summaries on Beyond 62 - it’s clear that those mistakes led to the success of \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em>. The first launch demanded a steep learning curve with weeks of preparation and 26 days to recover it. \u003cem>Revenge\u003c/em> was built, launched and retrieved within 24 hours. Marc spoke more with QUEST about what he has learned along the way with these launches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What got you interested in building payloads for balloons destined for near space?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building and launching \"Near Space balloons\" started in the late '60s but it has become increasingly popular in the last 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially I did it for the same reason I think more and more amateurs are doing it. It's the easiest and cheapest way to do something space-related that will produce jaw-dropping results. Most people stop after one launch. I wanted to make the system more reliable, more sophisticated and I wanted to get other people as excited about it as I was, so I continued launching high altitude capsules.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhat was an unexpected reward or insight?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A failure often teaches you more than a success. It's very frustrating because you feel like you have wasted all this time and money, but it's actually this experience that will make the next one a great success.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nHow many projects have you launched to date? What did you learn from each?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have launched 4 capsules so far. I have learned a lot from each one of them. One taught me to not rush the launch even if I am late, another one taught me the systems engineering part of a \"Near Space\" flight, what works, what doesn't work. Finally, I learnt that the descent dictates everything (layout and technology).\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nHow did the citizen science component of the project come about?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to focus on the system module of the capsule and not the payload. It gave the opportunity to get other people involved in my projects. So I contacted a few high schools and asked if some students would be interested in building high altitude experiments that I would fly for free. Melissa Greer from Christian Valley High School in Dublin, CA was immediately interested and we started brainstorming ideas with the students. It's a first step. I'd love to help them launch their own capsule next year.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhat advice would you give to someone taking this on as a citizen science project?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don't wait until you know everything to start building one. It's not as hard as some describe it. Do it with a friend or a relative and you will have an awesome experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this experience, Marc has embarked on a new direction in his career. He is currently attending the International Space University's Space Studies Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/39430/soaring-in-space-citizen-science-at-103000-feet","authors":["10173"],"categories":["quest_3","quest_8","quest_16"],"tags":["quest_11205","quest_609","quest_1040","quest_11206","quest_13202","quest_2739"],"featImg":"quest_39447","label":"quest"},"quest_30590":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_30590","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"30590","score":null,"sort":[1329325244000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-birders-eye-view-of-conservation","title":"A Birder’s-Eye View of Conservation","publishDate":1329325244,"format":"standard","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30594\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 253px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/flycatcher.jpg\" alt=\"Dusky-capped flycatcher\" title=\"flycatcher\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30594\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dusky-capped flycatcher (credit: mdf)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most people know the Philadelphia suburbs for cheesesteaks and unruly sports fans. But it’s no wonder that \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/john-james-audubon/drawn-from-nature/106/\">John James Audubon\u003c/a> started his lifelong affair with birds just 25 miles northwest of Center City, and a 20-minute drive from my natal stomping grounds. The dense, rolling woodlands of Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County where I grew up offered prime habitat for cardinals, chickadees, blue jays, wrens, and countless other species my mom loved to point out to us kids. I didn’t realize it at the time, but my mom’s avian affinities taught me not just to pay attention to the biology in my backyard but, ultimately, to consider which species lived there and why. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend, novice Bay Area wildlife watchers get the chance to play field biologist in their own backyards and join forces with expert birders and scientists to gather data on the incidence, abundance, and distribution of birds. Between February 17 and 20, the 15th annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/\">Great Backyard Bird Count\u003c/a> invites people of all ages and experience to spend as little as 15 minutes (or as long as you like) counting birds wherever you are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is a joint project of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478&ac=ac\">Cornell Lab of Ornithology\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.audubon.org/\">Audubon\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bsc-eoc.org/\">Bird Studies Canada\u003c/a>, leading bird conservation organizations that provide a wealth of resources for participants, including tips for \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/howto.html\">getting started\u003c/a>,\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/checklist\">regional checklists\u003c/a>, and tools for resolving tricky \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/learning\">identifications\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Great Backyard Bird Count is an excellent introductory citizen science project for any level of birder,” says Brian Sullivan, an expert on North American birds and project leader of Cornell’s online resource for birders around the world, eBird. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can just count the birds you see in your backyard or go to your local park and count what you see there. The idea is to get a weekend snapshot of late-winter bird distribution across the United States and to make things really simple so just about anyone can participate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sullivan, who has 1,669 species on his life list, says lucky birders could see “mega-rarities” like an Iceland gull, “a very rare bird in California” spotted near Sausalito in early February, or maybe the dusky-capped flycatcher that's been living in Golden Gate Park all winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest estuary on the West Coast, the San Francisco Bay Delta provides habitat and refuge to more than 250 species of waterbirds, some (including pelicans, loons, herons, and egrets) year-round residents, others, like the Wilson’s phalarope and Sabine’s gull, on stopovers to feed and rest before resuming their long-distance migrations. As many as 800,000 birds inhabit Bay Area waterways at any given time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find out which birds you’re likely to see in your area, go to Cornell’s \u003ca href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\">eBird\u003c/a>, click on “View and Explore Data,” then click on “Bar Charts,” select “United States,” “California,” and then “Counties in California.” Choose your county, click “continue,” and you’ll see the occurrence of birds throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, participants entered more than 92,000 checklists with 1.4 million birds from 596 species. Their data helped researchers identify changes in abundance (including an increase in evening grosbeaks, which declined 50% between 1988 and 2006) and distribution (winter finches moving south), and spot anomalies (an Asian brown shrike in McKinley, California). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bird counts give weekend nature lovers an easy way to help scientists \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/\">gather data\u003c/a> on a widely distributed group of animals that serve as valuable indicators of biodiversity. Because birds occupy many different “trophic” levels in food webs, eating everything from insects to fish to mammals (and, for top predators like owls, hawks, and eagles, other birds), they play critical roles in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Among their many “ecosystem services,” all of which benefit humans, birds help regulate prey populations, facilitate plant reproduction through pollination and seed dispersal, and recycle nutrients by scavenging carcasses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This widespread influence on their environment also makes them extremely sensitive to ecosystem disruptions, including habitat destruction and climate change. An alarming 13% of the world’s birds, 1,253 species, face extinction, according to the 2011 IUCN Red List. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=2767\">Great Indian bustard\u003c/a>, a native of India and Pakistan that barks when alarmed, has been reclassified as critically endangered, a victim of hunting and widespread habitat destruction. Scientists think fewer than 250 mature birds remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to home, black-crowned night herons and snowy egrets have been on a downward slide since 2005. And the endangered California clapper rail, once abundant in the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay, offers a case study in the unintended consequences of development. Extensive filling and diking of the bay has destroyed some 85% of the clapper rail’s salt marsh habitat, making a shy species that seems to prefer scampering over swimming and flying easy pickings for feral cats and invasive red foxes, which now have unfettered access to adults and their ground-nesting offspring. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30595\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 365px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/15/a-birder%e2%80%99s-eye-view-of-conservation/clapperrail2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30595\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/clapperrail2-365x253.jpg\" alt=\"clapper rail\" title=\"clapperrail2\" width=\"365\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30595\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California clapper rail (Don Roberson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roughly 60% of the critically endangered clapper rail population, estimated at between 1,000 and 1,500, lives in San Francisco Bay’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/\">Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>, in Fremont. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers will use the information collected from the bird count to learn how birds like the clapper rail are coping with these new predation pressures, as well as other stresses from ongoing urbanization, global climate change, and disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decline of suitable habitat for these species affects us as well. Tidal marshes filter contaminants to enhance water quality and serve as natural flood barriers. If the marshes can no longer support species like the clapper rail, chances are they can’t provide these ecosystem services for us either. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Birds are among the most diverse and ubiquitous vertebrates on the planet and often offer humans a first brush with wildlife. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a little girl, I marveled that my mom always knew when Jenny Wren and her husband, Joe (as she liked to call the resident house wrens), would appear in our backyard, build their nest, and settle into the business of raising, feeding, and protecting their broods. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She couldn’t have known that scientists would one day blame the precipitous declines in Bewick’s wrens in the eastern United States on the expansion of her beloved house wrens, known for ejecting eggs, and even young, from coveted nest sites. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30596\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 437px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/15/a-birder%e2%80%99s-eye-view-of-conservation/blue-jay/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30596\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/Blue-jay-437x253.jpg\" alt=\"Blue jay\" title=\"Blue jay\" width=\"437\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30596\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue jay (Liza Gross)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As I listened to Mom’s fanciful tales of avian domestic dramas, my young imagination conjured all manner of worrisome scenarios. Would Joe find enough food for the babies? Could Jenny protect them from a torrential summer downpour? How would either of them cope with a curious cat? Some may shudder at such anthropomorphizing, but I wonder: If more people viewed birds the way my mom did, struggling to survive like the rest of us, would they worry about their welfare, too?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry David Thoreau first said “In wildness is the preservation of the world” in a lecture some months after Audubon’s death. I like to think, had they discussed the question, Audubon would have objected: “My dear sir, I believe you meant to say, ‘In \u003ci>birds\u003c/i> is the preservation of the world.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Great Backyard Bird Count gives novice Bay Area wildlife watchers the chance to play field biologist in their own backyards and help scientists gather data on the incidence, abundance, and distribution of birds. Researchers will use sightings to identify trends that will help conserve these valuable indicators of biodiversity.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1443825442,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":1246},"headData":{"title":"A Birder’s-Eye View of Conservation | KQED","description":"The Great Backyard Bird Count gives novice Bay Area wildlife watchers the chance to play field biologist in their own backyards and help scientists gather data on the incidence, abundance, and distribution of birds. Researchers will use sightings to identify trends that will help conserve these valuable indicators of biodiversity.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"A Birder’s-Eye View of Conservation","datePublished":"2012-02-15T17:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2015-10-02T22:37:22.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"30590 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=30590","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/15/a-birders-eye-view-of-conservation/","disqusTitle":"A Birder’s-Eye View of Conservation","WpOldSlug":"a-birder%e2%80%99s-eye-view-of-conservation","path":"/quest/30590/a-birders-eye-view-of-conservation","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30594\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 253px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/flycatcher.jpg\" alt=\"Dusky-capped flycatcher\" title=\"flycatcher\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30594\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dusky-capped flycatcher (credit: mdf)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most people know the Philadelphia suburbs for cheesesteaks and unruly sports fans. But it’s no wonder that \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/john-james-audubon/drawn-from-nature/106/\">John James Audubon\u003c/a> started his lifelong affair with birds just 25 miles northwest of Center City, and a 20-minute drive from my natal stomping grounds. The dense, rolling woodlands of Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County where I grew up offered prime habitat for cardinals, chickadees, blue jays, wrens, and countless other species my mom loved to point out to us kids. I didn’t realize it at the time, but my mom’s avian affinities taught me not just to pay attention to the biology in my backyard but, ultimately, to consider which species lived there and why. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend, novice Bay Area wildlife watchers get the chance to play field biologist in their own backyards and join forces with expert birders and scientists to gather data on the incidence, abundance, and distribution of birds. Between February 17 and 20, the 15th annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/\">Great Backyard Bird Count\u003c/a> invites people of all ages and experience to spend as little as 15 minutes (or as long as you like) counting birds wherever you are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is a joint project of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478&ac=ac\">Cornell Lab of Ornithology\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.audubon.org/\">Audubon\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.bsc-eoc.org/\">Bird Studies Canada\u003c/a>, leading bird conservation organizations that provide a wealth of resources for participants, including tips for \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/howto.html\">getting started\u003c/a>,\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/checklist\">regional checklists\u003c/a>, and tools for resolving tricky \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/learning\">identifications\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Great Backyard Bird Count is an excellent introductory citizen science project for any level of birder,” says Brian Sullivan, an expert on North American birds and project leader of Cornell’s online resource for birders around the world, eBird. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can just count the birds you see in your backyard or go to your local park and count what you see there. The idea is to get a weekend snapshot of late-winter bird distribution across the United States and to make things really simple so just about anyone can participate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sullivan, who has 1,669 species on his life list, says lucky birders could see “mega-rarities” like an Iceland gull, “a very rare bird in California” spotted near Sausalito in early February, or maybe the dusky-capped flycatcher that's been living in Golden Gate Park all winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest estuary on the West Coast, the San Francisco Bay Delta provides habitat and refuge to more than 250 species of waterbirds, some (including pelicans, loons, herons, and egrets) year-round residents, others, like the Wilson’s phalarope and Sabine’s gull, on stopovers to feed and rest before resuming their long-distance migrations. As many as 800,000 birds inhabit Bay Area waterways at any given time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find out which birds you’re likely to see in your area, go to Cornell’s \u003ca href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\">eBird\u003c/a>, click on “View and Explore Data,” then click on “Bar Charts,” select “United States,” “California,” and then “Counties in California.” Choose your county, click “continue,” and you’ll see the occurrence of birds throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, participants entered more than 92,000 checklists with 1.4 million birds from 596 species. Their data helped researchers identify changes in abundance (including an increase in evening grosbeaks, which declined 50% between 1988 and 2006) and distribution (winter finches moving south), and spot anomalies (an Asian brown shrike in McKinley, California). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bird counts give weekend nature lovers an easy way to help scientists \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/\">gather data\u003c/a> on a widely distributed group of animals that serve as valuable indicators of biodiversity. Because birds occupy many different “trophic” levels in food webs, eating everything from insects to fish to mammals (and, for top predators like owls, hawks, and eagles, other birds), they play critical roles in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Among their many “ecosystem services,” all of which benefit humans, birds help regulate prey populations, facilitate plant reproduction through pollination and seed dispersal, and recycle nutrients by scavenging carcasses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This widespread influence on their environment also makes them extremely sensitive to ecosystem disruptions, including habitat destruction and climate change. An alarming 13% of the world’s birds, 1,253 species, face extinction, according to the 2011 IUCN Red List. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=2767\">Great Indian bustard\u003c/a>, a native of India and Pakistan that barks when alarmed, has been reclassified as critically endangered, a victim of hunting and widespread habitat destruction. Scientists think fewer than 250 mature birds remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to home, black-crowned night herons and snowy egrets have been on a downward slide since 2005. And the endangered California clapper rail, once abundant in the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay, offers a case study in the unintended consequences of development. Extensive filling and diking of the bay has destroyed some 85% of the clapper rail’s salt marsh habitat, making a shy species that seems to prefer scampering over swimming and flying easy pickings for feral cats and invasive red foxes, which now have unfettered access to adults and their ground-nesting offspring. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30595\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 365px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/15/a-birder%e2%80%99s-eye-view-of-conservation/clapperrail2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30595\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/clapperrail2-365x253.jpg\" alt=\"clapper rail\" title=\"clapperrail2\" width=\"365\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30595\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California clapper rail (Don Roberson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roughly 60% of the critically endangered clapper rail population, estimated at between 1,000 and 1,500, lives in San Francisco Bay’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/\">Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>, in Fremont. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers will use the information collected from the bird count to learn how birds like the clapper rail are coping with these new predation pressures, as well as other stresses from ongoing urbanization, global climate change, and disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decline of suitable habitat for these species affects us as well. Tidal marshes filter contaminants to enhance water quality and serve as natural flood barriers. If the marshes can no longer support species like the clapper rail, chances are they can’t provide these ecosystem services for us either. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Birds are among the most diverse and ubiquitous vertebrates on the planet and often offer humans a first brush with wildlife. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a little girl, I marveled that my mom always knew when Jenny Wren and her husband, Joe (as she liked to call the resident house wrens), would appear in our backyard, build their nest, and settle into the business of raising, feeding, and protecting their broods. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She couldn’t have known that scientists would one day blame the precipitous declines in Bewick’s wrens in the eastern United States on the expansion of her beloved house wrens, known for ejecting eggs, and even young, from coveted nest sites. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30596\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 437px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/15/a-birder%e2%80%99s-eye-view-of-conservation/blue-jay/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30596\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/Blue-jay-437x253.jpg\" alt=\"Blue jay\" title=\"Blue jay\" width=\"437\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30596\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue jay (Liza Gross)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As I listened to Mom’s fanciful tales of avian domestic dramas, my young imagination conjured all manner of worrisome scenarios. Would Joe find enough food for the babies? Could Jenny protect them from a torrential summer downpour? How would either of them cope with a curious cat? Some may shudder at such anthropomorphizing, but I wonder: If more people viewed birds the way my mom did, struggling to survive like the rest of us, would they worry about their welfare, too?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry David Thoreau first said “In wildness is the preservation of the world” in a lecture some months after Audubon’s death. I like to think, had they discussed the question, Audubon would have objected: “My dear sir, I believe you meant to say, ‘In \u003ci>birds\u003c/i> is the preservation of the world.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/30590/a-birders-eye-view-of-conservation","authors":["6322"],"categories":["quest_4","quest_9"],"tags":["quest_340","quest_439","quest_609","quest_684","quest_921","quest_980","quest_13198","quest_13199","quest_3351","quest_2349","quest_13","quest_10700","quest_10699","quest_3155"],"featImg":"quest_30746","label":"quest"},"quest_15343":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_15343","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"15343","score":null,"sort":[1308599092000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"summer-solstice-shifting-spring","title":"Summer Solstice, Shifting Spring","publishDate":1308599092,"format":"standard","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"left\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2011/06/baycheckerspot2.jpg\">\u003cem>The life history cycles of the bay checkerspot butterfly and its host plant, Plantago, don’t match up anymore. When the butterfly eggs hatch, the plant is no longer edible. Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kqedquest/447852484/\">kqedquest\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tomorrow is our summer \u003ca href=\"http://scijinks.nasa.gov/solstice\">solstice\u003c/a>—the longest day of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere. For folks in the Southern Hemisphere, tomorrow is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. The solstices occur thanks to the tilt of the earth. Humans have been recognizing and celebrating the solstices throughout history; \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge\">Stonehenge\u003c/a> is just one example. But we humans are not the only creatures that pay attention to day length. The life cycles of myriad plants and animals are controlled by the length of the day.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many plants and animals are sensitive to the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoperiodism\">photoperiod\u003c/a>, or day length. As day length grows longer throughout the springtime, many species of plants begin to flower. Other plants are triggered to reproduce when the day length becomes shorter. In these plants, a protein is actually responding to the number of hours of darkness, not to the hours of light. Many animals respond to day length, too. For many bird species, a critical day length initiates their reproductive maturation and is their cue to begin migrating. Decreasing day length also prompts hibernation in many animals. In all of these examples, photoperiod is controlling organisms’ \u003ca href=\"http://www.usanpn.org/about/phenology\">phenology\u003c/a>—the timing of life events, like plant flowering and bird egg laying. Phenology is often tied to the seasons, because of organisms’ responses to day length.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phenology can also be controlled by other factors, like temperature and the amount of rainfall. As the days grow warmer because of climate change, the timing of organisms’ life cycles is shifting. Spring happens earlier than it used to, and many springtime life events are happening earlier too. In major 2003 \u003ca href=\"http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v421/n6918/full/nature01286.html\">study\u003c/a> of nearly 700 species, including birds, insects, frogs, flowering plants, and trees, 62% of species’ life cycles had shifted over an average of 45 years. Birds and frogs bred earlier, migrating birds and butterflies arrived sooner, and plants flowered and buds burst earlier. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is likely leading to a widespread phenological mismatch; while some organisms are responding to earlier springtime temperatures, other organisms are still tracking day length. This means that insects emerge ready to feed on particular plants, but the plants are not yet edible. The insects don’t get their food, and the plants don’t get pollinated. Or migrating birds arrive hungry, and their food source has not yet ripened. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is difficult to know to what extent phonological mismatches are taking place. A proper study of phenology requires a lot of data—many widespread observations of when a particular plant is flowering, or when and where a particular migratory bird is present. This is where you come in. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.usanpn.org/\">National Phenology Network\u003c/a> has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.usanpn.org/participate\">citizen science program\u003c/a> that allows people across the country to record their observations of plants and animals. 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