CEG KMUTT

It was our pleasure to co-host the Macaulay Library / eBird / Merlin Sound Recording Workshop at the Sakaerat Environmental Research Station from May 7–10, 2026. Shout out to the team leads from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, our co-hosts from the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST), and the Sakaerat Environmental Research Station for their support and facilities throughout the training program! We had a great time with all the wonderful participants who made this workshop such an enjoyable and productive experience. Throughout the workshop, we got hands-on experience using shotgun and parabolic microphones, learned how to process and upload our audio to the Macaulay Library database, and successfully contributed numerous high-quality recordings of relatively restricted-range taxa, such as the iconic Siamese Fireback, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 Scaly-crowned Babbler, and 𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘪 Brown Prinia. These contributions are valuable reference material for the continued development of the Merlin Bird ID app and support bird monitoring. We can’t wait to see how this data benefits more research in the future!
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