TY - JOUR
T1 - EXPERIENCES OF SURVEYING URBAN BIRDS DURING THE ANTHROPAUSE IN COLOMBIA
AU - Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique
AU - Sánchez-Sarria, Camilo E.
AU - Ocampo, David
AU - Estela, Felipe A.
AU - García-Arroyo, Michelle
AU - MacGregor-Fors, Ian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Neotropical Ornithological Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The COVID-19 lockdowns set a singular opportunity to perform scientific research in idle cities. The expected changes in urban ecology led us to conform a community composed of several volunteers which, following standardized protocols, conducted structured bird surveys across Colombia. We describe the process and experience of this initiative, conducted between 30 March and 30 June, 2020, and discuss recommendations to apply to future projects. The volunteer-based survey that we organized began with 93 collaborators in 40 urban centers, but ended with just 45 collaborators from 22 urban centers. Some issues that probably explain the drop in collaborators are commented on. This exercise was successful, gathering over 75,000 bird records of at least 250 bird species.
AB - The COVID-19 lockdowns set a singular opportunity to perform scientific research in idle cities. The expected changes in urban ecology led us to conform a community composed of several volunteers which, following standardized protocols, conducted structured bird surveys across Colombia. We describe the process and experience of this initiative, conducted between 30 March and 30 June, 2020, and discuss recommendations to apply to future projects. The volunteer-based survey that we organized began with 93 collaborators in 40 urban centers, but ended with just 45 collaborators from 22 urban centers. Some issues that probably explain the drop in collaborators are commented on. This exercise was successful, gathering over 75,000 bird records of at least 250 bird species.
KW - Bird surveys
KW - COVID-19 lockdown
KW - Monitoring biodiversity
KW - Urban ecology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85154552254&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.58843/ornneo.v32i2.841
DO - 10.58843/ornneo.v32i2.841
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85154552254
SN - 1075-4377
VL - 32
SP - 166
EP - 169
JO - Ornitologia Neotropical
JF - Ornitologia Neotropical
IS - 2
ER -