Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Or one could get a notebook and a pen or pencil and write down your list of 
species for CBC count day. Just an anachronistic thought.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining

“Everything  you gather is just more that you can lose”.  R. Hunter/J. Garcia

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 12, 2020, at 1:04 PM, Brendan Fogarty  wrote:



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Hey Nancy,

The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all of 
its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within the year, 
but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t fast-tracked.

I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In eBird 
mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can choose “Trip 
Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for any given 
particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the number of list 
keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report can be emailed out.

Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists within 
the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a species list 
in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that you’d need to 
export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely getting summed in 
Excel by the coordinators anyway.

I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season hits.

The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a 
location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just 
above the species list, under “Sightings”.

Best,
Brendan

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan 
mailto:nancy.tog...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.

Nancy Tognan






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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Or one could get a notebook and a pen or pencil and write down your list of 
species for CBC count day. Just an anachronistic thought.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining

“Everything  you gather is just more that you can lose”.  R. Hunter/J. Garcia

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 12, 2020, at 1:04 PM, Brendan Fogarty  wrote:



-CAUTION: EXTERNAL EMAIL



Hey Nancy,

The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all of 
its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within the year, 
but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t fast-tracked.

I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In eBird 
mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can choose “Trip 
Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for any given 
particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the number of list 
keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report can be emailed out.

Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists within 
the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a species list 
in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that you’d need to 
export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely getting summed in 
Excel by the coordinators anyway.

I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season hits.

The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a 
location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just 
above the species list, under “Sightings”.

Best,
Brendan

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan 
mailto:nancy.tog...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.

Nancy Tognan






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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* October 12, 2020

*  NYSY  10. 12. 20

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):




October 05, 2020 to October 12, 2020

to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com

covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),

Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland

compiled: October 12 AT 4:30 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org

 

 

#724 

Monday October 12, 2020

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

October 05, 2020

 

Highlights:

---




BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

BRANT

CACKLING GOOSE

EURASIAN WIGEON

SANDHILL CRANE

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

HUDSONIAN GODWIT

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

SORA

PARASITIC JAEGER

LONG-TAILED JAEGER

PHILADELPHIA VIREO

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH

AMERICAN PIPIT

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER

LINCOLN’S SPARROW

NELSON’S SPARROW

LAPLAND LONGSPUR

EVENING GROSBEAK

RED CROSSBILL







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     10/5: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on East Road. An ORANGE-CROWNED 
WARBLER was seen at Marten’s Tract. 3BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were found at 
the Morgan Road Marshes.

     10/8: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the Wildlife Drive and was found 
the following day.

     10/9: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 44 SANDHILL 
CRANES and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen at East Road.

     10/10: A NELSON’S SPARROW was found on Howland Island. A LONG-BILLED 
DOWITCHER was reported at the Visitor’s Center. 53 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at 
Knox-Marsellus Marsh.

     10/11: ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen at the visitor’s Center and 
Towpath Road.







Cayuga County






     10/5: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the break wall at West Barrier Bar 
park in Fair Haven. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Fair Haven State Park.

     10/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. A 
LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen also.







Onondaga County

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     10/9: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the creek walk between 
Hiawatha Blvd. and Onondaga Lake in Syracuse.

     10/10: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen on Bennet Ave. in Syracuse.

     10/11: An IBIS found at Lakeview Point on Onondaga Lake still cannot be 
positively ID’d as GLOSSY or WHITE FACED. A late SORA was also seen at Lakeview 
Point. Upwards of 15 RED CROSSBILLS are still present on Shakham Road in the 
Morgan Hill State Forest. 2 CACKLING GEESE and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were found 
at Van Buren Park in Baldwinsville. A large number of AMERICAN PIPITS numbering 
in the hundreds were seen on Hoag Road south of Baldwinsville. They were 
present again today.







Oswego County






     10/5: At the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario 7 species of shorebirds 
were seen including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT and AMERICAN GOLDEN 
PLOVER. 

     10/6: A SNOW GOOSE was seen from Bishop Road north of Pulaski.

     10/7: A stellar day at Derby Hill with a LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 3 PARASITIC 
JAEGERS and 2 RED PHALAROPES being recorded.

     10/9: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT continued at the Sandy Pond outlet. A RED-NECKED 
GREBE was seen at Derby Hill.

     10/10: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen in Hastings at a private residence.

     10/11: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at the fishingnaccess site in 
Brewerton. 19 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS were seen on Bishop Road.







Oneida County

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     10/9: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at Delta 
lake  State Park.

     10/10: 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at 
Delta Lake State Park.







Herkimer county






     10/9: An EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder in Salisbury Corners north of 
Dolgeville and was seen through the 11th.

     10/11: 3 SNOW GEESE and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen at Bubb Lake 
near Eagle Bay.

     




     




     




End Report







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville NY

Region 5


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[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

[Joseph Brin]

RBA

 

*  New York

*  Syracuse

* October 12, 2020

*  NYSY  10. 12. 20

 

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert

Dates(s):




October 05, 2020 to October 12, 2020

to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com

covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),

Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  Madison & Cortland

compiled: October 12 AT 4:30 p.m. (EDT)

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org

 

 

#724 

Monday October 12, 2020

 

Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 

October 05, 2020

 

Highlights:

---




BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

BRANT

CACKLING GOOSE

EURASIAN WIGEON

SANDHILL CRANE

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

HUDSONIAN GODWIT

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

SORA

PARASITIC JAEGER

LONG-TAILED JAEGER

PHILADELPHIA VIREO

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH

AMERICAN PIPIT

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER

LINCOLN’S SPARROW

NELSON’S SPARROW

LAPLAND LONGSPUR

EVENING GROSBEAK

RED CROSSBILL







Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     10/5: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on East Road. An ORANGE-CROWNED 
WARBLER was seen at Marten’s Tract. 3BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were found at 
the Morgan Road Marshes.

     10/8: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the Wildlife Drive and was found 
the following day.

     10/9: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 44 SANDHILL 
CRANES and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen at East Road.

     10/10: A NELSON’S SPARROW was found on Howland Island. A LONG-BILLED 
DOWITCHER was reported at the Visitor’s Center. 53 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at 
Knox-Marsellus Marsh.

     10/11: ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen at the visitor’s Center and 
Towpath Road.







Cayuga County






     10/5: 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen on the break wall at West Barrier Bar 
park in Fair Haven. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Fair Haven State Park.

     10/11: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. A 
LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen also.







Onondaga County

---




     10/9: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the creek walk between 
Hiawatha Blvd. and Onondaga Lake in Syracuse.

     10/10: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen on Bennet Ave. in Syracuse.

     10/11: An IBIS found at Lakeview Point on Onondaga Lake still cannot be 
positively ID’d as GLOSSY or WHITE FACED. A late SORA was also seen at Lakeview 
Point. Upwards of 15 RED CROSSBILLS are still present on Shakham Road in the 
Morgan Hill State Forest. 2 CACKLING GEESE and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were found 
at Van Buren Park in Baldwinsville. A large number of AMERICAN PIPITS numbering 
in the hundreds were seen on Hoag Road south of Baldwinsville. They were 
present again today.







Oswego County






     10/5: At the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario 7 species of shorebirds 
were seen including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT and AMERICAN GOLDEN 
PLOVER. 

     10/6: A SNOW GOOSE was seen from Bishop Road north of Pulaski.

     10/7: A stellar day at Derby Hill with a LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 3 PARASITIC 
JAEGERS and 2 RED PHALAROPES being recorded.

     10/9: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT continued at the Sandy Pond outlet. A RED-NECKED 
GREBE was seen at Derby Hill.

     10/10: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen in Hastings at a private residence.

     10/11: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at the fishingnaccess site in 
Brewerton. 19 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS were seen on Bishop Road.







Oneida County

--




     10/9: A LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at Delta 
lake  State Park.

     10/10: 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at 
Delta Lake State Park.







Herkimer county






     10/9: An EVENING GROSBEAK was at a feeder in Salisbury Corners north of 
Dolgeville and was seen through the 11th.

     10/11: 3 SNOW GEESE and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen at Bubb Lake 
near Eagle Bay.

     




     




     




End Report







Joseph Brin

Baldwinsville NY

Region 5


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RE: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Alan Wells]

Yes, the loss is bothersome! Good to know that there are plans to bring it back.

I sent an email via the web to eBird on Jul 24 asking the same question. There 
was a response on Jul 24 stating that the tool had been removed from the new 
eBird release. They asked me to describe how I used the tool and that they 
would see what they could do to find a solution. I responded with details on my 
use for several research projects and for tracking our NYSBBAIII progress. The 
information was sent the following day but have yet to hear anything back. In 
the meantime, I tried an number of workarounds, e.g., life lists, the mobile 
app trip summary, cvs exports to Excel, etc., but nothing was remotely 
satisfactory. I ended up writing a standalone Excel program for data storage 
and summary.

Alan Wells

PS I also miss the illustrated bar-chart. This was an efficient way to track 
and verify additions to my local patches.



-Original Message-
From: bounce-125030165-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-125030165-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Tognan
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:32 PM
To: NYS Birds listserve
Subject: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem 
for Christmas Bird Count

I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.  

Nancy Tognan






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RE: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Alan Wells]

Yes, the loss is bothersome! Good to know that there are plans to bring it back.

I sent an email via the web to eBird on Jul 24 asking the same question. There 
was a response on Jul 24 stating that the tool had been removed from the new 
eBird release. They asked me to describe how I used the tool and that they 
would see what they could do to find a solution. I responded with details on my 
use for several research projects and for tracking our NYSBBAIII progress. The 
information was sent the following day but have yet to hear anything back. In 
the meantime, I tried an number of workarounds, e.g., life lists, the mobile 
app trip summary, cvs exports to Excel, etc., but nothing was remotely 
satisfactory. I ended up writing a standalone Excel program for data storage 
and summary.

Alan Wells

PS I also miss the illustrated bar-chart. This was an efficient way to track 
and verify additions to my local patches.



-Original Message-
From: bounce-125030165-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-125030165-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Tognan
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:32 PM
To: NYS Birds listserve
Subject: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem 
for Christmas Bird Count

I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.  

Nancy Tognan






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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Adelia Honeywood]

 In a web browser on any checklist under checklist tools you can select to 
download the list as a .csv file which can be opened in any spreadsheet program 
such as Excel or Google sheets (which is free with a Google account). Depending 
on how many lists, it can take a couple of minutes to cut and paste them all 
together into a single spreadsheet. You can then sort the species column, 
combine the duplicate species totals and delete the duplicates. In Excel if you 
highlight the species column, select Conditional Formatting and Duplicate 
Values it will highlight where all the duplicates are.It sounds complicated, 
but it is actually pretty quick - 

On Monday, October 12, 2020, 01:13:00 PM EDT, Brent Bomkamp 
 wrote:  
 
 Hi all,
Another option, though somewhat cumbersome, is to look at your day list for the 
date of the CBC.  To do this, click on the "Sightings Lists" link underneath 
the "Explore My..." list on the left side of the main My eBird page.  Here's a 
link to the lists page: 
https://ebird.org/MyEBird?cmd=lifeList=life=world
On the top bar, click on the calendar icon and select the date you desire.  
While the number of individuals seen of each species is not visible here, you 
can view it by clicking on the "View All" button to the right of each species 
within this list and noting the total at the top of the page.
Not as convenient as the Summarize My Observations option, but still workable.
Best,
Brent
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 1:04 PM Brendan Fogarty  wrote:

Hey Nancy,
The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all of 
its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within the year, 
but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t fast-tracked. 
I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In eBird 
mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can choose “Trip 
Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for any given 
particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the number of list 
keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report can be emailed 
out. 
Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists within 
the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a species list 
in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that you’d need to 
export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely getting summed in 
Excel by the coordinators anyway. 
I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season hits. 
The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a 
location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just 
above the species list, under “Sightings”. 
Best,Brendan
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan  wrote:

I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.  

Nancy Tognan






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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Adelia Honeywood]

 In a web browser on any checklist under checklist tools you can select to 
download the list as a .csv file which can be opened in any spreadsheet program 
such as Excel or Google sheets (which is free with a Google account). Depending 
on how many lists, it can take a couple of minutes to cut and paste them all 
together into a single spreadsheet. You can then sort the species column, 
combine the duplicate species totals and delete the duplicates. In Excel if you 
highlight the species column, select Conditional Formatting and Duplicate 
Values it will highlight where all the duplicates are.It sounds complicated, 
but it is actually pretty quick - 

On Monday, October 12, 2020, 01:13:00 PM EDT, Brent Bomkamp 
 wrote:  
 
 Hi all,
Another option, though somewhat cumbersome, is to look at your day list for the 
date of the CBC.  To do this, click on the "Sightings Lists" link underneath 
the "Explore My..." list on the left side of the main My eBird page.  Here's a 
link to the lists page: 
https://ebird.org/MyEBird?cmd=lifeList=life=world
On the top bar, click on the calendar icon and select the date you desire.  
While the number of individuals seen of each species is not visible here, you 
can view it by clicking on the "View All" button to the right of each species 
within this list and noting the total at the top of the page.
Not as convenient as the Summarize My Observations option, but still workable.
Best,
Brent
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 1:04 PM Brendan Fogarty  wrote:

Hey Nancy,
The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all of 
its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within the year, 
but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t fast-tracked. 
I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In eBird 
mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can choose “Trip 
Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for any given 
particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the number of list 
keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report can be emailed 
out. 
Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists within 
the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a species list 
in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that you’d need to 
export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely getting summed in 
Excel by the coordinators anyway. 
I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season hits. 
The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a 
location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just 
above the species list, under “Sightings”. 
Best,Brendan
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan  wrote:

I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.  

Nancy Tognan






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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Brent Bomkamp]

Hi all,

Another option, though somewhat cumbersome, is to look at your day list for
the date of the CBC.  To do this, click on the "Sightings Lists" link
underneath the "Explore My..." list on the left side of the main My eBird
page.  Here's a link to the lists page:
https://ebird.org/MyEBird?cmd=lifeList=life=world

On the top bar, click on the calendar icon and select the date you desire.
While the number of individuals seen of each species is not visible here,
you can view it by clicking on the "View All" button to the right of each
species within this list and noting the total at the top of the page.

Not as convenient as the Summarize My Observations option, but still
workable.

Best,

Brent

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 1:04 PM Brendan Fogarty  wrote:

> Hey Nancy,
>
> The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all
> of its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within
> the year, but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t
> fast-tracked.
>
> I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In
> eBird mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can
> choose “Trip Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for
> any given particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the
> number of list keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report
> can be emailed out.
>
> Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists
> within the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a
> species list in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that
> you’d need to export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely
> getting summed in Excel by the coordinators anyway.
>
> I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season
> hits.
>
> The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a
> location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just
> above the species list, under “Sightings”.
>
> Best,
> Brendan
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan 
> wrote:
>
>> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
>> complaint.  There has been no response.
>>
>> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has
>> now been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of
>> multiple locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>>
>> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
>> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
>> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
>> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
>> minutes.
>>
>> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to
>> allow more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole
>> feature is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that
>> birders spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give
>> us a better interface to inquire on it?
>>
>> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>>
>> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
>> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>>
>> Nancy Tognan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Brent Bomkamp]

Hi all,

Another option, though somewhat cumbersome, is to look at your day list for
the date of the CBC.  To do this, click on the "Sightings Lists" link
underneath the "Explore My..." list on the left side of the main My eBird
page.  Here's a link to the lists page:
https://ebird.org/MyEBird?cmd=lifeList=life=world

On the top bar, click on the calendar icon and select the date you desire.
While the number of individuals seen of each species is not visible here,
you can view it by clicking on the "View All" button to the right of each
species within this list and noting the total at the top of the page.

Not as convenient as the Summarize My Observations option, but still
workable.

Best,

Brent

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 1:04 PM Brendan Fogarty  wrote:

> Hey Nancy,
>
> The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all
> of its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within
> the year, but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t
> fast-tracked.
>
> I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In
> eBird mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can
> choose “Trip Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for
> any given particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the
> number of list keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report
> can be emailed out.
>
> Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists
> within the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a
> species list in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that
> you’d need to export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely
> getting summed in Excel by the coordinators anyway.
>
> I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season
> hits.
>
> The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a
> location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just
> above the species list, under “Sightings”.
>
> Best,
> Brendan
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan 
> wrote:
>
>> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
>> complaint.  There has been no response.
>>
>> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has
>> now been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of
>> multiple locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>>
>> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
>> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
>> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
>> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
>> minutes.
>>
>> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to
>> allow more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole
>> feature is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that
>> birders spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give
>> us a better interface to inquire on it?
>>
>> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>>
>> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
>> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>>
>> Nancy Tognan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>> 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
>>
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>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Brendan Fogarty]

Hey Nancy,

The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all
of its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within
the year, but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t
fast-tracked.

I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In
eBird mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can
choose “Trip Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for
any given particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the
number of list keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report
can be emailed out.

Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists
within the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a
species list in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that
you’d need to export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely
getting summed in Excel by the coordinators anyway.

I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season
hits.

The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a
location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just
above the species list, under “Sightings”.

Best,
Brendan

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan 
wrote:

> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
> complaint.  There has been no response.
>
> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now
> been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple
> locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>
> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
> minutes.
>
> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow
> more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature
> is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders
> spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a
> better interface to inquire on it?
>
> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>
> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>
> Nancy Tognan
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
> 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01
>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Brendan Fogarty]

Hey Nancy,

The summarize feature is not gone permanently - eBird is transitioning all
of its ancient pages to a new format and it is supposed to return within
the year, but it could indeed pose a challenge for the CBCs if it isn’t
fast-tracked.

I am not sure what the most elegant solution for CBC listing is today. In
eBird mobile (definitely for iOS, Android I can’t say for sure) one can
choose “Trip Summaries” under “Checklists” and see all species counts for
any given particular date range, including just one day. Minimizing the
number of list keepers in a sector party would help here. The “Trip” report
can be emailed out.

Another option is to create a sector eBird account. Anyone keeping lists
within the party can share their lists with that account. You can see a
species list in the account’s “My eBird” but not species totals. For that
you’d need to export its observations into Excel. Everything is likely
getting summed in Excel by the coordinators anyway.

I hope any other useful strategies will be shared here before CBC season
hits.

The species highs/first/last all can still be accessed on the pages for a
location (country, state, county, or hotspot level). Check the buttons just
above the species list, under “Sightings”.

Best,
Brendan

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 PM Nancy Tognan 
wrote:

> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
> complaint.  There has been no response.
>
> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now
> been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple
> locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>
> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
> minutes.
>
> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow
> more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature
> is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders
> spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a
> better interface to inquire on it?
>
> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>
> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>
> Nancy Tognan
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
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>
> ARCHIVES:
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> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
> 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01
>
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> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Joshua Malbin]

Oops, I just realized that doesn't show you totals at all, so that's not
helpful. Sorry, please everyone ignore my (now multiple) emails.


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On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:38 PM Joshua Malbin 
wrote:

> I think for your specific question, you could effectively do the same
> thing by clicking on your year list under "My eBird" and then just
> restricting the date range to one day.
>
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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:32 PM Nancy Tognan 
> wrote:
>
>> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
>> complaint.  There has been no response.
>>
>> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has
>> now been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of
>> multiple locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>>
>> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
>> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
>> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
>> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
>> minutes.
>>
>> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to
>> allow more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole
>> feature is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that
>> birders spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give
>> us a better interface to inquire on it?
>>
>> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>>
>> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
>> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>>
>> Nancy Tognan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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/
>>
>> --
>>
>>

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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Joshua Malbin]

Oops, I just realized that doesn't show you totals at all, so that's not
helpful. Sorry, please everyone ignore my (now multiple) emails.


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On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:38 PM Joshua Malbin 
wrote:

> I think for your specific question, you could effectively do the same
> thing by clicking on your year list under "My eBird" and then just
> restricting the date range to one day.
>
>
> 
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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:32 PM Nancy Tognan 
> wrote:
>
>> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
>> complaint.  There has been no response.
>>
>> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has
>> now been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of
>> multiple locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>>
>> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
>> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
>> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
>> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
>> minutes.
>>
>> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to
>> allow more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole
>> feature is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that
>> birders spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give
>> us a better interface to inquire on it?
>>
>> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>>
>> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
>> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>>
>> Nancy Tognan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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/
>>
>> --
>>
>>

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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Joshua Malbin]

I think for your specific question, you could effectively do the same thing
by clicking on your year list under "My eBird" and then just restricting
the date range to one day.


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On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:32 PM Nancy Tognan 
wrote:

> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
> complaint.  There has been no response.
>
> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now
> been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple
> locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>
> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
> minutes.
>
> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow
> more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature
> is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders
> spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a
> better interface to inquire on it?
>
> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>
> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>
> Nancy Tognan
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> 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/
>
> --
>
>

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Re: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Joshua Malbin]

I think for your specific question, you could effectively do the same thing
by clicking on your year list under "My eBird" and then just restricting
the date range to one day.


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On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:32 PM Nancy Tognan 
wrote:

> I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following
> complaint.  There has been no response.
>
> EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now
> been eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple
> locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.
>
> My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to
> drive to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2
> minutes using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists
> and combine the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two
> minutes.
>
> I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow
> more flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature
> is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders
> spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a
> better interface to inquire on it?
>
> Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?
>
> By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time
> First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.
>
> Nancy Tognan
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> 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/
>
> --
>
>

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[nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Nancy Tognan]

I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.  

Nancy Tognan






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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:
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[nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count

[Nancy Tognan]

I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following 
complaint.  There has been no response.

EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been 
eliminated.  It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple 
locations.  It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count.

My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive 
to).  In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes 
using “Summarize My Observations”.  Now what?  Print 19 checklists and combine 
the data by hand?  This may take two hours instead of two minutes.

I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more 
flexible dates and selection of locations.  Instead, the whole feature is gone 
- did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it?  I feel that birders spend a lot of 
effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to 
inquire on it?

Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me?

By the way, these other features were also deleted:  species All-Time 
First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts.  

Nancy Tognan






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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

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[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County (NYC) - American Golden-Plover (thank you!), Y-br. Chat, 24+ warbler spp., & etc. - Sunday, 10/11

[Thomas Fiore]

First & foremost, Congratulations to Gloria Hong of Manhattan for the first in 
New York County (!) find of an American Golden-Plover - on Friday, 10/9 - AND 
for the re-find of that same bird on Sun., 10/11 (!!) - with great & diagnostic 
photos within eBird checklists, both (days’ lists) very promptly submitted, as 
well as the early report of the re-find to this NYS list-serve.  MANY (more) 
birders were flocking out to observe this fine shorebird on its’ 
rediscovery-day. (Referring to the bird found on Randall’s Island, New York 
County, east of Manhattan island, in N.Y. City).  Of course, it is virtually 
certain this is the same individual both days, & thus likely the golden-plover 
was present, most likely still at Randall’s, for the intervening day of 
Saturday, 10/10 as well. 
...
Some of us can be certain that the late, great Starr Saphir would be smiling 
down on those seeking & finding all of these great birds, and a walk in her 
honor, the annual Starr Saphir memorial bird walk was again held in Central 
Park, happily with fine weather, on Sunday, 10/11, for & with participants of 
the Linnaean Society of New York.  Ms. Saphir, a long-time Manhattan resident 
and educator, started many a birder’s interest in and increased knowledge of 
our birds and a lot more of the natural world; she also led walks regularly for 
the Linnaean Society as well as the NYC Audubon, over many years working in 
N.Y. City.  The memorial walk was a great success, as are so many of the walks 
done by this, as well as another non-profit organization, the NYC Audubon, 
which offer walks & field-trips.
….
On Sunday, Oct. 11th, a minimum of 24 species of American warblers were found 
in N.Y. County, all of these occurring on Manhattan island, and at least 22 of 
the warbler species being seen within Central Park alone (& also substantial 
numbers in a variety of other parks, such as Riverside, Inwood Hill, Battery, & 
others from the ‘top’ to the ‘bottom’ of the island). More-modest diversity 
from the ‘other islands’ of the county on the day (Randall’s & Governors) with 
the warblers.
...
Congrat’s also to A. Burke, for ongoing finds of (most years, not nearly as 
regularly-found, even at the fall peak of occurrence) Connnecticut Warbler, 
this latest one for Manhattan, N.Y. City as he posted promptly to this 
list-serve. (That neighborhood is also known as Clinton, as seen in names of 
some smaller parks, gardens, etc.- and no, not named for any of the 
'ex-Arkansas’ Clintons.)

Many observers on Sunday found very high numbers / concentrations of 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, almost suggestive of some ‘pushback’ effect (or 
analogous effects partly as a result) of the remnants of  what had been 
“Hurricane Delta”, that storm system slowly encroaching on at least 
southeastern NY, & expected to move through overnight through Monday.  Just one 
example of the day’s increase of Y.-b. Sapsucker were the 19 of that species 
recorded in just one linear-type park - Morningside Park, by one careful & 
experienced observer; this sort of pattern with this species also noted from at 
least several other parks, as well as multiple smaller areas. There were also 
some batches & patches of further Black-capped Chickadee arrivals, along with 
already noted high numbers and distribution of Tufted Titmouse.  It was 
reported that on Governors Island, many flocks of Pine Siskins were seen & 
heard in flight, ongoing for some while on Sunday.

In an expected vein there have been good sparrow arrivals, with White-Crowned 
Sparrow amongst those starting to show in numbers, and also many other species 
of ’new world' sparrow. 

Multiple Vesper Sparrows seen recently in the county included one seen well on 
Sunday, 10/11, at Inwood Hill Park, by at least 4 experienced observers who 
cover that park frequently. The first of season [Red] Fox Sparrows have arrived 
in Manhattan, and at least several were found in Central Park by Sunday, 10/11, 
& this brings the American sparrow species-tally for N.Y. County to at least 16 
for just this ‘southbound’ season, & possibly more with a few not positively 
confirmed / identified to species-level. Incidentally, more observers will 
hopefully be able to get a few decent photos at some point of the Ammospiza 
(genus) Sparrows occuring in particular at Randall’s Island in the saltmarsh 
grasses… these birds do occur here annually in (presumed!) low densities, and 
of them at least some are being assigned the species (by some observers), as 
‘Nelson’s', and also at times, other species, in that same genus.  And - there 
are other possibilities for sparrows (as we have seen), even in Manhattan. 16 
sparrow species for this county, in one season, that is hardly even started - 
for sparrows, at least - is getting off to a good rolling start!

Of a Vesper Sparrow at Inwood Hill Park, a keen birder (L. LaBella) who came in 
a bit later on 10/11 not only captured some nice photos of the Vesper, with 
credit to 

[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County (NYC) - American Golden-Plover (thank you!), Y-br. Chat, 24+ warbler spp., & etc. - Sunday, 10/11

[Thomas Fiore]

First & foremost, Congratulations to Gloria Hong of Manhattan for the first in 
New York County (!) find of an American Golden-Plover - on Friday, 10/9 - AND 
for the re-find of that same bird on Sun., 10/11 (!!) - with great & diagnostic 
photos within eBird checklists, both (days’ lists) very promptly submitted, as 
well as the early report of the re-find to this NYS list-serve.  MANY (more) 
birders were flocking out to observe this fine shorebird on its’ 
rediscovery-day. (Referring to the bird found on Randall’s Island, New York 
County, east of Manhattan island, in N.Y. City).  Of course, it is virtually 
certain this is the same individual both days, & thus likely the golden-plover 
was present, most likely still at Randall’s, for the intervening day of 
Saturday, 10/10 as well. 
...
Some of us can be certain that the late, great Starr Saphir would be smiling 
down on those seeking & finding all of these great birds, and a walk in her 
honor, the annual Starr Saphir memorial bird walk was again held in Central 
Park, happily with fine weather, on Sunday, 10/11, for & with participants of 
the Linnaean Society of New York.  Ms. Saphir, a long-time Manhattan resident 
and educator, started many a birder’s interest in and increased knowledge of 
our birds and a lot more of the natural world; she also led walks regularly for 
the Linnaean Society as well as the NYC Audubon, over many years working in 
N.Y. City.  The memorial walk was a great success, as are so many of the walks 
done by this, as well as another non-profit organization, the NYC Audubon, 
which offer walks & field-trips.
….
On Sunday, Oct. 11th, a minimum of 24 species of American warblers were found 
in N.Y. County, all of these occurring on Manhattan island, and at least 22 of 
the warbler species being seen within Central Park alone (& also substantial 
numbers in a variety of other parks, such as Riverside, Inwood Hill, Battery, & 
others from the ‘top’ to the ‘bottom’ of the island). More-modest diversity 
from the ‘other islands’ of the county on the day (Randall’s & Governors) with 
the warblers.
...
Congrat’s also to A. Burke, for ongoing finds of (most years, not nearly as 
regularly-found, even at the fall peak of occurrence) Connnecticut Warbler, 
this latest one for Manhattan, N.Y. City as he posted promptly to this 
list-serve. (That neighborhood is also known as Clinton, as seen in names of 
some smaller parks, gardens, etc.- and no, not named for any of the 
'ex-Arkansas’ Clintons.)

Many observers on Sunday found very high numbers / concentrations of 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, almost suggestive of some ‘pushback’ effect (or 
analogous effects partly as a result) of the remnants of  what had been 
“Hurricane Delta”, that storm system slowly encroaching on at least 
southeastern NY, & expected to move through overnight through Monday.  Just one 
example of the day’s increase of Y.-b. Sapsucker were the 19 of that species 
recorded in just one linear-type park - Morningside Park, by one careful & 
experienced observer; this sort of pattern with this species also noted from at 
least several other parks, as well as multiple smaller areas. There were also 
some batches & patches of further Black-capped Chickadee arrivals, along with 
already noted high numbers and distribution of Tufted Titmouse.  It was 
reported that on Governors Island, many flocks of Pine Siskins were seen & 
heard in flight, ongoing for some while on Sunday.

In an expected vein there have been good sparrow arrivals, with White-Crowned 
Sparrow amongst those starting to show in numbers, and also many other species 
of ’new world' sparrow. 

Multiple Vesper Sparrows seen recently in the county included one seen well on 
Sunday, 10/11, at Inwood Hill Park, by at least 4 experienced observers who 
cover that park frequently. The first of season [Red] Fox Sparrows have arrived 
in Manhattan, and at least several were found in Central Park by Sunday, 10/11, 
& this brings the American sparrow species-tally for N.Y. County to at least 16 
for just this ‘southbound’ season, & possibly more with a few not positively 
confirmed / identified to species-level. Incidentally, more observers will 
hopefully be able to get a few decent photos at some point of the Ammospiza 
(genus) Sparrows occuring in particular at Randall’s Island in the saltmarsh 
grasses… these birds do occur here annually in (presumed!) low densities, and 
of them at least some are being assigned the species (by some observers), as 
‘Nelson’s', and also at times, other species, in that same genus.  And - there 
are other possibilities for sparrows (as we have seen), even in Manhattan. 16 
sparrow species for this county, in one season, that is hardly even started - 
for sparrows, at least - is getting off to a good rolling start!

Of a Vesper Sparrow at Inwood Hill Park, a keen birder (L. LaBella) who came in 
a bit later on 10/11 not only captured some nice photos of the Vesper, with 
credit to