Since its beginnings, BirdCast has been fortunate to receive media attention from a diverse array of outlets. We’ve assembled some of these below in this post to keep you all updated on the outreach and education. Some of the links are more directly related to our work with radar and aeroecology, others more closely to eBird, and some others still to ornithology in the broadest sense.
Popular Press (2011-present)
2019
- Artificial light makes birds fly into buildings at night, 5 April 2019.
- Fatal chirps: Nocturnal flight calls increase building collisions among migrating birds, 2 April 2019
- Chicago tops list of most dangerous cities for migrating birds, 1 April 2019
2018
- Kill the lights to help save migrating birds. October 16, 2018.
- Migraciones de Aves Analizadas por Radar (Migrations of Birds Analyzed by Radar), tiempo.com (Spain), October 10, 2018
- Kill the Lights, Save the Birds, Montgomery County News (TX), October 10, 2018
- Billions of Birds Fly South Every Fall, Billings Gazette, October 3, 2018
- Billions of Birds Fly South Every Fall, Elko Free Daily Press(NV), October 3, 2018
- Billions of Birds Fly South Every Fall , Daily Journal online (MO), October 3, 2018
- Cities Say “Lights Out” to help Migrating Birds, Mother Nature Network, September 24, 2018
- Birds Flying South. How Many Will Return? EarthSky, September 23, 2018
- Andrew Farnsworth–the Cornell Lab of Ornithology-Night Bird Migration, WPKN Community Radio podcast (CT), September 19, 2018
- How Houston Can Help Migratory Birds, Houston Chronicle, September 18, 2018
- More Than 4 Billion Birds Stream Overhead During Fall Migration, ScienceDaily, September 17, 2018
- 7 Billion Birds Leave U.S. to Winter in the Tropics Each Fall, UPI/Breitbart website, September 17, 2018
- A Popular New Migration Tool Could Save Birds from Deadly Building Collisions, Audubon online, September 14, 2018
- Scientists Can Now Forecast Bird Migrations With Radar and Weather Data, Discover (blog), September 13, 2018
- How Hurricane Florence May Affect Birds, BirdWatching Daily (blog), September 13, 2018
- The Deadly Lure of City Lights, New York Times, op-ed, September 10, 2018
- Night Lights, Cornell Alumni Magazine, September/October 2018
- This Bird Has Been Singing the Same Song for 1,000 Years, National Geographic online, June 20, 2018
- While You Sleep, Scientists Will Use a Space Telescope to Spy on Migrating Birds, Popular Science, May 21, 2018
- Spring’s Uncertain Arrival Poses Problems for Migrating Birds, WESA Radio (Pittsburgh NPR), May 20, 2018
- Bird Migration Explained at Last: It’s All About Energy Efficiency, Washington Post, May 7, 2018
- Late Spring Imperils Birds, Living on Earthradio program, May 4, 2018
- New Radar-Based Maps Provide Clearer View of Present and Future Bird Migrations, Watertown Daily Times, April 14, 2018
- Migration Forecasts Could Help Prevent Wind Turbines and Buildings from Killing Millions of Birds, Communications of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) website, April 9, 2018 (Cornell Lab)
2017
- For Birds, the Sky Isn’t Just Empty Airspace. It’s Habitat, Environment Guru website, November 13, 2017
- Urban Lights Are Confusing Birds to Death, City Lab website, October 17, 2017
- Yearly 9/11 Tribute Shows Light Pollution’s Effects on Birds, New York Times, October 2, 2017
- Yearly 9/11 Tribute Shows Light Pollution’s Effects on Birds, New York Times, October 2, 2017
- Study at September 11th Tribute Site Confirms Dramatic Impact of Light on Migrating Birds, BirdWatching, October 2, 2017
- Why Are These Florida birds in New Jersey? Asbury Park Press, September 19, 2017
- At 9/11 Tribute in Light, A Rare Opportunity for Bird Researchers, WNYC Radio, The Takeaway program, September 15, 2017
- Harvey Surge and Few Wetlands Puts Migrating Birds in Tough Spot, Bureau of National Affairs/Bloomberg, September 14, 2017
- How Do Hurricanes Affect Birds? Mother Nature Network, September 12, 2017
- “Dark Ecology Project” Will Use Past Weather Radar Data to Trace Bird Migrations, Phys.org, July 27, 2017 (Steve Kelling, eBird)
- How Migratory Birds Respond to Balmier Autumns, Science Magazineonline, February 22, 2017
2016
- More Turkey Vultures Hang Around Missouri During Winter, Columbia Missourian, November 6, 2016
- Scientists Are Using Sound to Track Nighttime Bird Migration, Public Radio International/Science Friday, August 9, 2016
- Winging It, New York Times Magazine, June 6, 2016
- Storks Move to a Trashy Neighborhood, Smithsonian online, March 18, 2016
- Junk Food-Loving Birds Diss Migration, Live on Landfill, NatGeo News, March 15, 2016
2015
- NBC Nightly News, 7 at 7 with John Chandler,“The Messenger.”
- As Summer Birds Reject Migration South, a Dangerous Trap Is Set, Bloomberg News, December 18, 2015
- Your Perfect Instagram Shot Might End Up Killing A Snowy Owl, Huffington Post, December 2, 2015
- A Huge El Niño is Spreading All Kinds of Mayhem Around the World, MSN News (Bloomberg), October 21, 2015
- Big Data is For the Birds, Nautilus Magazine(online), August 20, 2015
- Advocacy Group: Wind Turbine Rules Needed to Protect Birds, Associated Press, May 19, 2015
- Rigged Decks: Is the Gulf of Mexico a Haven or a Minefield for Birds? Audubon Magazineonline, April 20, 2015
- Tiny Blackpoll Warblers Make Mind-Boggling Migration, Boston Globe, April 1, 2015
- Tiny Songbird Tracked Across 1,700 Miles of Open Ocean, Associated Press, March 31, 2015
- “Ha, Ha, Ha,” Winter: Laughing Gull and Friends Return, Delaware News Journal, March 24, 2015
- Geese Ride Airborne “Roller Coaster” in Migration Across Himalayas, CBSNews.com, January 15, 2015
2014
- Birds Use the Weather to Flock Together When Fall Arrives, Bloomberg News, October 23, 2014
- Souls Tumbling in the Light, NPR, September 10, 2014. https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/09/10/347378234/souls-tumbling-in-the-light
- If Birds Are Up, They May as Well Sing, New York Times, Science section, July 14, 2014
- Gulls Be Gone: 10 Ways to Get Rid of Pesky Birds, National Geographiconline, June 10, 2014
- Seabirds Can Spy Fishing Boats From 7 Miles Away, Scientists Find, National Geographiconline, June 2, 2014
- The Harsh Winter Has Unexpected Effects on NYC Environment, WNYC Radio, April 23, 2014
- Arctic Winter Draws Rare Birds to City, Experts Say, DNAInfo New York, April 2, 2014
- Creating Real-Time, Continent-Wide Forecasts of Bird Migrations, Popular Science Online, March 26, 2014
- The World Outdoors: Wonder of Migration Compelling, London Free Press, March 19, 2014
- Wild Ideas Podcasts 213, 214
2013
- Andrew Farnsworth, New York Times (Sunday Review),October 27, 2013
- Crowdsourcing, for the birds. New York Times, 19 August 2913.
- Can Backpacks Save Our Birds? ABC News Online, August 4, 2013
2012
- Birds of a Feather, Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2012
- Forecasting Seasonal Migration: BirdCast, a Mutual Project , French Tribune, September 11, 2012
- Project Forecasts Bird Migration, R & D Magazine, September 10, 2012
- Migrating Birds Expected to Pass Over Lighting of Sept. 11 Memorial, Yahoo News; Huffington Post; LiveScience, September 8, 2012
- These Apps Are Going To The Birds, And People Who Watch Them, NPR All Things Considered, May 7, 2012
2011
- $3.45M for new technologies to study birds, other species, Cornell Chronicle, October 13, 2011
- Cornell birding team breaks national record, Cornell Chronicle, April 26, 2011 (Big Day)
2010
- 9/11 Memorial Lights Trapped Thousands of Birds, Wired Magazine, September 14, 2010
- Above the City at Night, the Call of the Wild is Heard, New York Times, September 9, 2010
