To register, email Neill Vanhinsberg at nvanhinsberg@gmail.com. Directions to the meeting site at Burnaby Lake will be emailed to you on registering.

Location: Burnaby Lake Regional Park

Join Natasha Beauregard to learn how to level up your bird identifying skills and become a citizen scientist! The Merlin ID app can help you identify birds, and you can record your findings on an eBird checklist. By uploading your checklist to eBird, it helps with global research on bird populations and changes in migratory routes.  The paths we will be walking on are mostly level gravel or hard packed and very little in the way of hills or inclines. We will have a limited number of loaner binoculars to borrow. The outing will last 2+ hours.

 Merlin ID app 

• It is a bird identification guide, like a bird ID book  
• It has step by step ID, sound ID and photo ID 
• It has species specific information about birds 

eBird app 

• This app keeps track of your bird lists, photos, and sound recordings  
• Uploading your checklists contributes to science and conservation  
• It helps you find specific bird species and bird hotspots 

To attend the walk, please do these 3 steps below before the event.  

To save time and phone data, please do steps 1 and 2 at home.  

 Step 1: Download both the Merlin ID and eBird apps to your phone 

• Merlin 
• eBird 

Step 2: Create an account and download the bird packs 

• Make an account for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology either on a web browser or through the Merlin or eBird app (They are linked) 
• In the Merlin ID app, download the regional bird pack for British Columbia (about 1 GB of space) 

Step 3: Bring your phone to the event 

• Make sure it is fully charged since the apps drain your battery 
• Turn location on your phone to track your walking path for you eBird checklist