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Community Science is central to Ä¢¹½Av’s legacy and identity and the involvement of community scientists is fundamental to Ä¢¹½Av’s work to improve the lives of birds. The cornerstone is the Christmas Bird Count (CBC), begun in 1900, making it the longest-running community science program about birds, on which Ä¢¹½Av partners with . Our climate work includes Climate Watch, a program to track the near-real-time response of 12 species to a changing climate. Ä¢¹½Av also collaborates with the  and  on The Great Backyard Bird Count, a global program for all who love birds. As a founding partner with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology on , Ä¢¹½Av continues to be a leader in the community science field.

Bird data reported by community scientists have been used by researchers since the 1930s to report on the health of bird populations, and Ä¢¹½Av’s scientists have used those data in creating innovative analytical methods that include our CBC population status and trends and learning how birds are responding to a changing climate. Current team members include Kathy Dale (lead), Geoff LeBaron, Brooke Bateman, Sarah Saunders, and Tim Meehan.