By Jonathan Vargas and Antonieta Valenzuela
Since June 13, 2018, Terra Peninsular has been part of the Urban Birds Program, this is a national network in Mexico coordinated by the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (Conabio) and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Terra Peninsular joined the Urban Birds Program with the objective of promoting the knowledge and conservation of shorebirds in BahÃa de Todos Santos and urban birds of Ensenada, as well as promoting citizen science through the use of the platform eBird.
In Ensenada, this program will be coordinated and represented by Jonathan Vargas of Terra Peninsular in collaboration with the birdwatching club Los Correcaminos, and the organizations Contacto Salvaje, Pro Esteros and Investigación Aplicada a Socioecosistemas.
What activities will be carry out to promote the program?
As an alliance, some activities that will be implemented are birdwatching tours and festivals in BahÃa de Todos Santos, as well as promoting the different projects of the program.
About the Urban Birds Program
The Urban Birds Program operates under a citizen science scheme, and invites the general public of different cities in Mexico to participate in one or more projects to collect data about the birds that live with us in the cities.
The objective of the program is to promote citizen participation on birdwatching in order to provide recreational options to people living in cities, as well as to generate information that will help answer questions about bird conservation and biodiversity, among other aspects of interest to society.
More information about the program (Spanish)
http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/especies/scripts_aves/docs/pau_programa_aves_urbanas.pdf