eBird hot spots in McDowell Sonoran Preserve

[Crzy4AZ]

For those of you who are bird-watchers/bird identifiers and who live in Phoenix area - -

The McDowell Sonoran Field Institute has set up 5 new ebird hotspots where people can report species they see on McDowell Sonoran Preserve trails. http://ebird.org/cont... E bird is a real-time, online checklist program administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Five eBird hotspots have been designated in MSP:

1. Brown's Ranch Area
2. Gateway Area
3. Granite Mountain Area
4. Lost Dog Area
5. Tom's Thumb Area

When you enter your data on eBird - select the hotspot closest to where you birded - use the comments section to ID the trail you covered.

From the MSFI Bird Principal Investigator Walter Thurber: "Your information will be useful to Preserve managers and visitors, and to a global community of educators, ornithologists and conservation biologists. Any species new to the Preserve bird list should be carefully documented, preferably with a photo, and reported to the Conservancy Office."

[JasonCleghorn]

Your dedication to the MSP is so amazing to see. It's so awesome that people care as much about the wild as you do. (and I do!)