Birds of a feather

If you’ve been browsing the discussion boards on Chimp&See Talk, you may have noticed there is a new species guide: Identifying Birds.  The guide is meant to serve as a starting point for those wanting to improve their ID skills for the birds we see at C&S.  I know I certainly got more acquainted with the birds we have seen while writing the guide and I feel more confident identifying species now. I hope the guide helps others to do the same!

Screenshot of a portion of the bird guide

The guide can be found in The Objects section of the Help board or simply click on the link above.

The guide groups species by broad, shared characteristics that should be discernible even to those inexperienced with bird ID (poultry-like birds, predatory birds, etc.).  There is also a list of species we most often encounter at the top of the guide, so check those descriptions first if you are uncertain where to begin.  Each species has a short physical description as well as images and links to videos from C&S to aid in identification.

Thank you to all the moderators who provided help and feedback for the guide and to everyone for their continuing efforts with the C&S project!

Fly high and happy tagging!

DailyZoo Great Blue Turaco

We've had lots of great nominations so far and now there are only 2 days left to nominate your favourite chimpandsee.org videos of 2015. Were these bright great blue turacos one of the biggest surprises we had on camera this year? Nominate your favourites at: http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/boards/BCP000000c/discussions/DCP0000lrf

original vid here: http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP0005wov

Chimp and See (and Hear!) #2

Sometimes, our most interesting discoveries aren’t what we see, but what we hear!  In this series of posts, we’ll share some of the fascinating sounds of Africa that we’ve heard in the Chimp & See project.

Today, we'll hear from the birds found in West & Central Africa.  Many of our video clips have at least one bird vocalizing in the background, and every once in a while we catch a glimpse of these beautiful animals.  Here are some of the unique birds we've heard during this project!

Included here:
White-breasted guineafowl, Hadada ibis, Long-tailed glossy starling (2 different vocalizations), Yellow-casqued hornbill, White-crested hornbill, and Great blue turaco

To see and hear more from these birds, head over to http://chimpandsee.org!

A glitch in the matrix

This great line of white breasted guineafowl was found by citizen scientist 'Snorticus'. #DailyZoo

Join the conversation here: http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP0005w8q

and help us classify videos at www.chimpandsee.org !