Science-to-action

BirdCast supports real action towards conservation with science, spearheading the still emerging scientific discipline of “aeroecology”, the study of ecological activities in the air. For example, we designed complex models – based on over 20 years of radar and weather data, processed and analyzed with machine learning tools, and published in a peer-reviewed journal – to forecast bird migration across the US. The ability to forecast migration two weeks in advance has tremendous potential for bird conservation – from informing siting and operation of wind turbines to addressing impacts of light pollution to providing information to mitigate bird collisions with aircraft and support biosecurity decision-making.