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| At Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, in Texas, former supervisory park ranger Mike Carlo shows a refuge visitor how to use eBird Trail Tracker, an online bird list. A dozen refuges now have the eBird Trail Tracker stations. |
| Credit: Marvin DeJong, USFWS |
Birding Made Easier
Birding enthusiasts and those first trying their hand at bird spotting have a powerful tool to assist them at a dozen National Wildlife Refuges. A computer device, called eBird Trail Tracker helps visitors confirm bird sightings by matching descriptions against an online bird checklist. The online checklist is complete with photos, bird calls and previous sightings that will allow birders to record and map sightings for others.
The 12 refuges that now have eBird Trail Tracker kiosks available for public use are:
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/STRC/santaana/Index.html
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/aransas/
- Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin http://www.fws.gov/midwest/horicon/
- Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio http://www.fws.gov/midwest/ottawa/
- Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama http://www.fws.gov/wheeler/
- J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Florida http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/
- Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/
- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/
- E. B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey. http://www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/bosque/
- Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York http://www.fws.gov/r5mnwr/
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, Kansas http://www.fws.gov/quivira/
Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird Trail Tracker lets anyone add to the bird database by entering bird sightings from anywhere in North America. The refuge eBird Trail Tracker stations were developed under a memorandum of understanding between the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
For more information about eBird Trail Tracker, visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/is/ett/
