Re: [cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-14 Thread Paul Hurtado
This email got a little long -- my apologies! :-) I'm an avid eBird user, and very much appreciate Gary's newly found enthusiasm and getting all jazzed up for eBird! It really is an excellent project and one that has greatly enriched my own birding activities. The great scientific and

[cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-07 Thread Joey Kellner
I'm sorry, I don't understand what this is. You give an entire development proposal, who SHOULD be involved to create it and who should sponsor it, but I don't know *WHAT* is being proposed! What exactly IS a Colorado eBird Portal? What does it look like? What is the benefit to me as an

[cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-07 Thread The Nunn Guy
Hi Joey A Colorado eBird is simple a subset of eBird (global) here are few existing ones: - http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/portals/ A Colorado eBird portal still provides data to eBird (Global) it is just presented at our regional level (Colorado). Folks can still see eBird global

[cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-07 Thread The Nunn Guy
Wisconsin and Vermont are recognized as best examples of regional portals concept: - http://ebird.org/content/wi/ - http://ebird.org/content/vt/ Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:45:31 PM

RE: [cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-07 Thread Rachel Hopper
Before there is a ton of discussion about the need for an eBird portal in Colorado, I would suggest you take a look at CFO's County Birding website: http://coloradocountybirding.org/ Here you will find Colorado eBird data quite nicely integrated and made available to anyone wanting to view

RE: [cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-07 Thread Bill Maynard
Excellent, Thank you Rachel. Bill Maynard Colorado Springs From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rachel Hopper Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 4:23 PM To: 'COBIRDS' Subject: RE: [cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ... Before there is a ton

Re: [cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-07 Thread Sean Walters
I completely agree with Rachel's assessment of the County Birding website. I also have one small personal observation to add (I'm sure I'm not the first one to see what I'm about to write). One of the most visible differences between the main eBird site and the regional eBird portals is the

Re: [cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird ...

2014-10-07 Thread The Nunn Guy
, Thank you Rachel. Bill Maynard Colorado Springs *From:* cob...@googlegroups.com javascript: [mailto: cob...@googlegroups.com javascript:] *On Behalf Of *Rachel Hopper *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2014 4:23 PM *To:* 'COBIRDS' *Subject:* RE: [cobirds] Re: Speaking of eBird