This is Yell Parks Pod, a podcast where your hosts yell about the parks, nature, and beauty of the world that surrounds us. This episode we’re discussing all things citizen science! Our topics include bird watching, bio blitzes, feminist bird club, and how to get involved with projects run by agencies like NOAA, NASA and the National Weather Service.

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This Episode’s Hosts:

Ellory (they/them)

Nic (they/them)

Guests:

Cuttlefishman/CFM (he/him)

Credits:

Our intro and outro music is the song Elsewhere... courtesy of Furgat. Ey can be found at twitter.com/furgat

Research assistance provided by Hawk

Editing by Ellory

Transcript by Adam

Episode description by Ellory

Transcripts and sources for each episode are hosted on our Google Drive. You can find links and the transcript for this episode here

More Information:

What is citizen science? (01:31)

General history (02:34)

Christmas Bird Count (06:00)

Observation apps (09:10)

Skywarn (12:40)

iNaturalist events (18:11)

Feminist Bird Club (29:07)

Citizen Science with NASA and NOAA (31:22)

How the data can be used (35:43)

Central Park Bio Blitz (37:47)

Fish Doorbell (47:11)

Shout Outs:

Water Rangers https://www.waterrangers.ca/

City Nature Challenge https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/

Feminist Bird Club https://www.feministbirdclub.org/

Bird Union https://www.birdunion.org/

Citizen Science Project https://www.citizenscience.gov/catalog/#

NASA Citizen Science Projects https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience

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