Dear COBirders,
I would like to introduce you to the new Colorado Bird Records Committee site by taking you on a tour. While this site is primarily used to document sightings for the CBRC, it also has SO much more to offer! I have created a brief tour of the site (below) to help acquaint you with all of the fantastic features that are built into this great upgrade. I hope you will take some time to look to look over the new site. To begin the tour, start below! THE HOME PAGE. The Home Page contains ALL of the main menus for the CBRC site. Check out the slide show of rare birds that have occurred in Colorado: http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Default.aspx WHAT IS THE CBRC is also on this page. Look for six green boxes each with a check mark. Click on the title beside each box which to find detailed information about the CBRC. Click on WHAT TO REPORT near the slideshow box and it will take you to the Colorado Review List plus several articles from the CBRC: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/ReviewList.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/ReviewList.aspx ENTER YOUR REPORT at the very bottom of the page takes you to the log in page which is also where you can create a new account. If you had a previous account with CBRC and have submitted records, we will link your two accounts together so all of your records will be available to you in one place: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reporting/> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reporting/ Now, back to the top menu. There are six items here. You do not need to be logged in to use these features! 1) HOME PAGE. Takes you to the main CBRC page. 2) REPORT A BIRD. Takes you to the log in page or the ability to create a new account. If you had a previous account with the CBRC just create a new account and we will link up your old and new accounts so that all of your records will be available to you. 3) WHAT TO REPORT. Takes you to the Colorado Review List plus several articles from the CBRC: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/ReviewList.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/ReviewList.aspx 4) ARTICLES AND PUBLISHED REPORTS. Takes you to all published CBRC reports from the chair all the way back to the first report in 1973. Click on the name of the repot and it will come up as a PDF. <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/AnnualReports.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/AnnualReports.aspx 5) REPORTS FROM THE DATA (which also has several submenus). Takes you to a fantastic page. An amazing amount of information has been accumulated over the years based on records reviewed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Use these menu items to view results by year, by species, or to review your personally entered records. To get started, select a species to see all of the Colorado reports for that species (start typing the species name to filter the list) or simply click on a species of interest in the list below: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/ 6) The last item in the main top menu is CONTACT THE COMMITTEE. Send an email to the CBRC with questions, comments or concerns: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/SendMsg.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/SendMsg.aspx Now, go back and hold your mouse over REPORTS FROM THE DATA and you will see a drop down menu that contains seven items. a) COLORADO STATE CHECKLIST. This link takes you to the current state checklist: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/StateChecklist.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/StateChecklist.aspx b) CREATE YOUR OWN QUERY. Select your own parameters to create a report of accepted records. You may then download your selected records from the CBRC database. Lots ways to create a query here so take a look: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/AdHoc.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/AdHoc.aspx c) CBRC ANNUAL REPORTS. This link will get you to a report that summarizes all actions for a given year. You can query by year or other filters such as "Starts With" or "Contains": <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/AnnualReport.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/AnnualReport.aspx d) REPORTS BY SPECIES. This has a submenu that is very cool! But for right now, click on this link and you will go to the report page: http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/ e) RECORDS BY YEAR. Select a year to view a map of all accepted records received for that year. Then, click on the pin on the map or view more details towards the bottom of this page displayed in a table: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/RecordsByYear.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/RecordsByYear.aspx f) RECORDS NOT ACCEPTED. Here will you will find basic information on records that have not been accepted by the CBTC but all of the information has been archived: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/NAReviews.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/NAReviews.aspx g) REPORTS NOT REVIEWED. This is a list of documentation that have been received for non-review species. The CBRC Chair accepts these reports and processes the records for archiving: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/Unreviewed.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/Unreviewed.aspx Now go back and place your mouse over REPORTS BY SPECIES and you will see a submenu with three items: a) RECORDS BY SPECIES. Lets you see all RECORDS for a given species or you can filter your selections even more: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/SpeciesDetail.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/SpeciesDetail.aspx b) SPECIES MAPPING. Select a species and see where it has occurred in the state with colored icons that give you a date range: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/SpeciesMapping.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/SpeciesMapping.aspx c) SPECIES PHOTO GALLERY. See photos from all accepted reports since the beginning of the online system. Older reports and photos will be added as we have time: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/SpeciesPhotos.aspx> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reports/SpeciesPhotos.aspx Let's go back to the top menu. REPORT A BIRD takes you to the log in page or the ability to create a new account: <http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reporting/%20> http://coloradobirdrecords.org/Reporting/ After this, YOU MUST be logged in to access the following features! After logging in, click on REPORT A BIRD. If you have any incomplete documentations, these will appear in the left bar of that page as a reminder to complete them. At the very top left of your screen you will see a link for MY ACCOUNT. Here you can UPDATE PROFILE, CHANGE PASSWORD and also the MY DOCUMENTS link takes you to the page where you can see all of your submitted documents The top menu now contains FIVE items. 1) INSTRUCTIONS. Help is here! 2) ENTER A RECORD. This link takes you to the form to enter your sightings 3) UPLOAD FILES. Takes you to YOUR list of documentations and lets you upload additional material if your report is still in "Pending" status. 4) MY DOCUMENTATIONS. Takes you to a list of all the records you have submitted to the CBRC. Select a documentation by checking the checkbox. The documentations that can still be edited are indicated by a pencil icon and will give you the option of editing or uploading supporting files. Those that are beyond the timeframe for edits (in process by the CBRC) may still be reviewed and printed as desired. 5) FAQ. Answers basic questions about the site. And finally, this completes the tour of the new CBRC site! I hope you will take some time to explore all of the great new features AND to enter your sightings of rare birds in Colorado. If you have any problems along the way, please feel free to contact me. ------------------ Rachel Hopper Secretary Colorado Bird Records Committee <http://cfobirds.org/records/records_committee.htm> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/000b01ced8e2%24eaef1a70%24c0cd4f50%24%40net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
