Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for working on shared location suggestions.
New and renamed shared locations (hotspots) have been updated for the 62 county wiki pages. You can find a summary of the changes below with clickable links where pages exist for a dedicated hotspot. http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/NewHotspots http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/RenamedHotspots The above links now appear on the home page (see below) on the 'Shared Location Updates' line eliminating the need to refer back to this message: Home page: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York The page with all hotspots (5,654) alphabetized has also been updated. Links to both the New and Renamed pages appears on the 'Shared Location Updates' line: Alphabetical list of hotspots: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/AlphaHotspots If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here are the steps: — Sign into eBird.org — Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel — At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one page — You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location, Country, State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists — Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line — Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons — Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected — Click the icon that best fits your location — ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along with the # of checklists you'll be merging — Click on the 'Merge' button — Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot with this process. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
