Speaker Series: Brian Sullivan

Brian will speak on the work he and the rest of the team at Cornell are finding what can be learned within the mountain of data that is collected by eBird. Our everyday observations serve the greater understanding of bird trends and the Center for Biodiversity & Higher Education are creating new methods of gathering data that continue to inform our conservation efforts and

In early 2005 Brian joined the eBird team at the Cornell Lab. More recently his role has included working with Information Science and Technology's Digital Publications group at the Lab on projects such as the Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds, as well as with the Macaulay Library team on various multimedia projects. He enjoys hawkwatching and seawatching when he gets the chance, but loves any opportunity to get in the field to look at, photograph, and record birds. He has written and consulted on a large variety of books and articles on North American birds.