THE CROSSBILL PROJECT
A Research Collaborative
Purpose is to provide a stable, long-term home for Red Crossbill research over a broad front: field observations, recordings, assortative mating and call type delineation by sound and range. Provide information to the scientific community on the validity of call types and potential full-species separations for flight call types, geographically isolated populations (old world versus new world) etc. One purpose would be to serve as arbiters of flight call determination via audiospectrographic analysis and machine learning/AI for this worldwide complex.
227
Finch Species
Worldwide
60
Red Listed
Finch Species
41
Endangered or Extinct Finch Species
ABOUT FiRN
Mission: Dedicated to the study and conservation of finches and their habitats globally.
The Network: We want FiRN to be about you, and about the community and network of people that might want to be involved in a global research network interested in observing and studying finches. We hope to fund student projects in time. “The Crossbill Project” will be the flagship project of FiRN. We officially launched FiRN around Tyler Hoar’s Winter Finch Forecast September 20, 2020, and we hope to have as many of you, finch enthusiasts, hop on board and join in on the fun. It’s all about engaging with nature and the network!
ALL THE LATEST NEWS: Wildside Nature Tours and FiRN team up
Coming Soon
CROSSBILL RECOGNITION MODEL
We are using machine learning algorithms such as deep convolutional neural networks to develop tools for detecting North American Red Crossbill flight calls in audio recordings and classifying them to call type. The tools will be continually improved to accelerate crossbill research and teach citizen scientists about crossbill ecology.
FiRN PROJECTS
HOW YOU CAN HELP
GET TO KNOW US
SUPPORT & COLLABORATION
- Tyler Hoar and Ron Pittaway | Finch Forecast
- Weston Barker |FiRN Art
- Amur Bird Project
- Lillian Stokes | Stokes Field Guides
- Nathan Pieplow | Earbirding
- Lance Benner | Pasadena Audubon
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Jeff Groth | American Museum of Natural History
- Jamie Cornelius | Oregon State
- Thomas P. Hahn | UC Davis
- Mark Robbins | U. Kansas
- David Lindo | The Urban Birder
- David Hines, M.D.
- Craig Benkman | University of Wyoming
SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION NEWS.
@BirdLife_News
SAVE THE DATE 📅
Join us for this interesting webinar about The Champions of the Flyway 2021/2022. Hear from BirdLife Partners about vital work to save the Turtle Dove, and about how Champions of the Flyway is going to help.
Register here ➡️ https://t.co/d1taIbuj9N https://t.co/MrlQcDaZoC
Merlin smartphone app, designed for both new and experienced birdwatchers, has been recently upgraded! It now features an AI-infused “Sound ID” feature that can capture bird sounds and compare them to crowdsourced samples 🐦🎶 @CornellBirds
➡️ https://t.co/jikImbnYB0 https://t.co/kENSOZdn7d
Our own Ian Burfield and Claudia Hermes co-write paper on new @IUCN Green Status of Species launched to help species ‘thrive, not just survive’ by showing rays of green hope! 💚
Check it out▶️ https://t.co/p3mJALIUOv
@IBIS_journal
The @IBIS_journal conferences I attended (way back!) during my PhD were so inspiring & supportive of fledgling ornithologists. I am really thrilled to have the opportunity to shape the conferences of the future. Thanks BOU! 🤩 https://t.co/6E0tTCFT0z
Your daily #AvianHybrids story!
Genetic Analyses confirm Hybridization in a Threatened Tern Species
https://t.co/n6Tn5VaevL
Blog post published 16 June 2018 | #ornithology
Sex-specific contributions to nest building in birds https://t.co/Qy4Pm9HSVT | @BehavEcol | #ornithology
@mongabay
Southeast Asia losing tigers as deadline looms to double population by 2022 https://t.co/mwLbEcEOfo
Of 176 nations, the top 10 most vulnerable to both climate change and pollution are in Africa and South Asia, with the Democratic Republic of Congo being the worst off according to a new study. https://t.co/7bupFnJ5yw https://t.co/JGgSJvh7NM
Everybody knows that owls fly around at night and build their nests in trees, right?
But Mongabay Kids says, look, some owls live in the ground! https://t.co/jDk8NEuUgK https://t.co/sa45vtFi7I
If you want to get in touch please feel free to email info@finchnetwork.org or call 607-345-7713.
