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Seattle Audubon advocates and organizes for cities where people and birds thrive.

Due to ongoing COVID-19 impacts, we have paused all NBP surveys. We will be in touch with current NBP volunteers and those who are interested when the project can safely resume for all.

Common Yellowthroat by Tom Sanders

Vision

Monitoring species diversity in urban wildlife habitats of King County through the work of community scientists, and empowering the community to become advocates for wildlife habitat.

How It Works

Volunteers conduct bird surveys at multiple points along a loop once a month in Seattle city parks. The data are entered into a master database accessible online. These data serve to assist Seattle Audubon's advocacy efforts in land-use decisions. Learn more about the survey protocol here.

The project's name includes "neighborhood" because the project enlists volunteers primarily from the neighborhood surrounding the wildlife habitat being surveyed. The intent is to educate Seattle Audubon members about the habitat close to their homes, to observe what birds live there as the seasons change, and in doing so, to encourage members to become advocates for the wildlife "in their neighborhoods" or communities.

 

Data Entry Website: www.nbpsurvey.org

In July 2018, we released a new website that allows NBP participants to enter their data online to provide us at Seattle Audubon almost immediate access to the information they collected on their survey. This new website not only hosts our data entry portal, but is an avenue to refresh yourself on our protocol, print off data sheets, and explore your survey history statistics and park-specific statistics. NBP data should be entered on a monthly basis shortly after your survey. Data enterers can refer to the data entry instructions or contact science@seattleaudubon.org with any questions.

 

Data Analysis

Restoration efforts on birds: Data from the Neighborhood Bird Project has been used to investigate the effectiveness of restoration work in four of Seattle's urban parks - Carkeek Park, Discovery Park, Golden Gardens and Magnuson Park. The report that was produced from this analysis is entitled: Impacts of Habitat Restoration and the Status of Avian Communities in Seattle City Parksdownload the report (1650 KB, pdf)

Rufous and Anna's Hummingbird populations: University of Washington undergraduate, Lauren Rowe, analyzed Rufous and Anna's Hummingbird presence data from the Neighborhood Bird Project, Christmas Bird Count, North American Breeding Bird Survey, and other datasets to learn about how these two species populations have changed in suburban and urban areas of Western Washington. This report was entitled: Rufous (Selasphorus rufus) and Anna's Hummingbirds (Calypte anna) population changes in Western Washington. download the report (943 KB, pdf)

History

In 1994, Seattle Audubon launched the Neighborhood Bird Project in several King County habitat areas with the goals of assessing species diversity and empowering citizens to advocate for wildlife habitat in their communities' land-use issues. The project began in Carkeek Park in Seattle, Shadow Lake Bog in Kent, and a private property in Woodinville. Additional sites were added as interest increased. The most recent addition to the project is Lincoln Park with the first surveys taking place in January 2017.

see a map of participating parks (link to Google Maps)

Read study based on NBP data

Current project survey sites:


View Seattle Audubon - Neighborhood Bird Project in a larger map

 

Leader

Park

 Day of Count
(monthly)

Volunteer Skills Preference

 Tiffany Linbo Carkeek Park 1st Saturday intermediate
 Richard Youel Genesee Park 1st Saturday all welcome
 Penny Rose Discovery Park 1st Saturday all welcome
 Jan Bragg Lake Forest Park 1st Sunday all welcome

Koji Yugawa

Golden Gardens 1st Sunday all welcome
Mike Witter  Seward Park 

2nd Saturday

intermediate *

Jan Bragg Magnuson Park 2nd Saturday all welcome
Kersti Muul Lincoln Park 2nd Sunday all welcome
 Penny Bolton Arboretum

3rd Saturday

intermediate/birding by ear skills**

* A significant amount of the birding in Seward Park is birding by ear (60%)… but almost more important is level of dedication. Seward Park leaders are willing to work with volunteers on this skill if they are committed. Since the beginning of the Seward Park survey ALL of our volunteers have vastly improved skills in BBE.

**New volunteers for the Arboretum should have intermediate birding by ear skills. 

Interested in participating? Contact science@seattleaudubon.org if you would like more information about the Neighborhood Bird Project.

Volunteer Resources

Frequently Asked Questions Data Sheet
Training Packet Extra Sheet
Protocol Training Video Wetland Sheet (Magnuson Park only)

 

Learn more about birds on the SAS Science pages

 

Citizen Science Science Resources
Community Science Resources
   
 
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