Billions of birds die each year due to human-related causes, including cat predation, bird-window collisions, and entanglement in fishing nets or lines. The vast majority of these deaths are not documented.
dBird.org is an online crowd-sourcing data collection tool that provides a way for all of us to contribute to research on human-related bird mortality and injury.
If you find a dead or injured bird, please submit a report through dBird. It only takes a minute. No need to download an app or create an account; dBird opens directly in your web browser on your smart phone, tablet, or desktop. dBird data helps to document and understand human impacts on birds. It improves our ability to advocate for solutions that reduce hazards to birds and provides context and guidance for more scientifically rigorous research efforts, such as standardized collision monitoring protocols.
dBird can be used anywhere in the world, and more than 55 organizations across the U.S. are using this data to help further bird collisions research. New York City Audubon launched dBird in 2014 as a new tool in its Project Safe Flight collision monitoring program. In 2020, Jim and Birte Falconer funded an update and expansion to dBird as part of Seattle Audubon’s Bird-safe Cities program. Thanks to their generosity, Audubon chapters and other organizations across North America can now use dBird to report and manage bird mortality data within their own regions.
