iNaturalist and eBird Tutorial

iNaturalist

iNaturalist is a mobile app that allows you to record your observations, share with fellow naturalists, and discuss your findings. Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed. iNaturalist shares your findings with scientific data repositories like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use your data. All you have to do is observe. Click play to learn how to use iNaturalist!

Available for free on the Google Play and App Stores.

eBird

eBird is among the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects. eBird data document bird distribution, abundance, habitat use, and trends through checklist data collected within a simple, scientific framework. Birders enter when, where, and how they went birding, and then fill out a checklist of all the birds seen and heard during the outing. eBird’s free mobile app allows offline data collection anywhere in the world, and the website provides many ways to explore and summarize your data and other observations from the global eBird community.  Click Play on the video to learn how to use eBird!

Available on the Google Play and App Stores.