A few answers to questions that have come my way since the Sapsucker Woods Big Birding Year started (and, yes, I like the acronym SSWoBBY!):
>>Do lists entered on the machine in the visitor center at the lab count toward >>this goal? While the eBird TrailTracker in the Visitor Center does funnel those observations directly into eBird, there's no way (currently) to link them to your eBird account, thus anything entered into the TrailTracker isn't part of the competition. >>How do non-CLO-employees stand a chance against people who can easily add 5 >>checklists a day? Cornell Lab employees are not eligible for the prizes being offered as part of the competition (though their totals will still appear on the leaderboards). >>Can a person win all three categories? Though a single person could lead all three categories, at the end of the competition that person would get the opportunity to choose which category's prizes to receive, and the other categories would default to the second place person. >>Where can I find out who's leading and what's being seen? We're working on putting together a web page that will have details about the competition and near-live leaderboards for the three categories. When the web page becomes live I will post the address to the listserve. One great way to keep tabs on what's being seen here is to use the Sapsucker Woods eBird Google Gadget (embedded on our website at http://birds.cornell.edu/sapsuckerwoods> or available as a gadget on your iGoogle web page). Good luck, good birding, & feel free to ask further questions... charles. BTW Still lots of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS hanging around today. At lunch I had a nice checklist while eating, 27 sp (now in eBird) including a pair of EASTERN PHOEBES and a WOOD DUCK...Hope to see y'all on the trails! ****************************************** Charles Eldermire Public Education Outreach Associate Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-1131 (607) 254-2111 [fax] birds.cornell.edu/visit<http://birds.cornell.edu/visit> twitter.com/sapsuckerwoods facebook.com/sapsuckerwoods -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
