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2025 Alice Hudson Map Award Winner
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1 Year of Bird Movements
Created by Daniel Najjar
This map displays the paths traveled by seven species of birds in North America across one year of their lives. I wanted to see how different birds travel across the continent at different times, and learn about what areas they could be found in for any given month. The map contains information about each different bird species, and displays the date, time, and land cover at each location at which they were tracked.
Interactive Map: https://hunter.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/919db95c36f2493e9b97b40079f05573
Intended Audience: People interested in birds and birdwatching.
Software Used: Arcgis Online Dashboard
Data Sources:
- American Bittern:
https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study43864485 - American Woodcock:
https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study12170798 - Bald Eagle:
https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study2943485 - Black-crowned Night Heron:
https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study2830157729 - Brown Pelican:
https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study296027617 - Golden Eagle:
https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study171287018 - Long-billed Curlew:
https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study1953194738 - Land Cover:
https://www.cec.org/north-american-environmental-atlas/land-cover-30m-2020/ - Bird information from allaboutbirds.org
About the Winner. Dan Najjar is currently a student in the Master's of Science in GeoInformatics program at Hunter College, expected to graduate in 2026. He is passionate about the environment, and plans to use the knowledge gained in this program to help protect the vulnerable species and ecosystem of our planet from the growing climate crisis.
