I concur! eBird just helped me to find Mountain Quail this morning near Ukiah, CA. But it's only as good as the data entered. I encourage everyone to enter your checklists, start thinking about individual numbers and not just species ticks, and add to the useable data for research and those traveling to your neck of the woods (or plains...) that may just use your sighting to see a lifer or an old friend again.
Thanks for the forward, Bill! Chip Clouse Arvada, CO On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Bill Schmoker <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks- I'm forwarding a message from eBird project managers Chris Wood, > Brian Sullivan, and Marshall Iliff. If you haven't tried eBird yet, of if > you haven't used it for a while, I'd encourage you to check it out. The > system keeps getting better and better- I was reminded of how helpful it can > be on a trip to San Diego last weekend, pointing me towards birding hotspots > where some of my target birds could be found (successfully, I might add!) > eBird is also an increasingly important source of bird sightings for > seasonal compilations in North American Birds and News From the Field. > Enjoy- Bill Schmoker, Longmont > > Check out eBird Version 3 – The ultimate birding tool > > > > If you haven’t been to eBird (www.ebird.org) in a while, it’s time for > another look. Over the past few months we’ve updated eBird so that it’s > easier to use and more useful than ever to the birding community. eBird can > help you find birds through our “Alerts” or by exploring our newly revised > mapping tools and bar charts. Recording and keeping track of your birds is > easier than ever with a completely redesigned data entry system and our > automated listing pages (My eBird). Most importantly, you’ll become part of > a growing community of tens of thousands of birders around the world whose > data are now being used in real science and conservation. Best of all – it’s > free! > > > > eBird Version 3 includes: > > > > · Global scope—enter and explore observations from anywhere around the > world > > · Streamlined data entry—getting your data into the system is faster > and more customizable than ever > > · Improved range maps—explore interactive range maps for any bird in > the world > > · Alerts system—get customized reports about birds of interest to you > in a region > > · eBird Top 100—find out how your totals rank among other birders in > any region > > · Birding + Science connection—by participating, your data become > available to the science and conservations communities > > > > We’re proud of the new developments at eBird, and we hope you’ll take the > time to take the new tools for a test spin. Even if you don’t enter data, > you can still explore the information submitted by other eBirders. Moving > forward we’ll continue to develop eBird as the ultimate tool to serve the > birding community, while always ensuring that the data we collect for > science is of the highest possible quality. Join the flock, become an > eBirder! > > Thanks so much, > > Brian, Chris, and Marshall > > -- > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > | Bill Schmoker | > | [email protected] | > | http://schmoker.org | > | http://brdpics.blogspot.com | > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
