Hi all,
A little over a month ago, I corresponded with Jim Stasz and Matt Hafner
about a Maryland (and DC?) eBird portal. Twelve states currently employ
the use of a dedicated state eBird page. These include Alaska, California,
Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Below is a link to the Wisconsin eBird
page, which I think is quite nice:
http://ebird.org/content/wi
I think most would agree that something like this would be a great addition
to Maryland birding. Matt spoke with Marshall Iliff (project leader at
eBird) to see what steps were needed to start one of these portals. He
found out that there is a fairly substantial development cost for the
portals. There is a yearly maintenance cost as well, which is also not
inexpensive. Sponsors are generally needed to support these costs. Such
sponsors that other states have used include the National Science
Foundation, national and local Audubon chapters, state ornithological
societies, local bird observatories, local nature centers, state
departments of fisheries and wildlife, as well as other charitable
foundations and (possibly?) individual sponsors.
Due to Maryland's intense eBird effort, month after month, I feel this
would be a good investment of time and capital. I plan to do some
fundraising this fall, but if anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear
them. Hopefully this is something that will get off the ground in the near
future.
Good birding!
Mike Burchett
Ocean Pines, MD
<mikeburchett23...>
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Ron Gutberlet <rlgutberlet...>wrote:
> Thanks, Jason. The Virginia page looks nice. Sounds like a good thing to
> discuss for MD/DC.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Ron Gutberlet
> Salisbury, MD
> <rlgutberlet...>
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>
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> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Jason Berry <jgbrc...> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Ron,
>>
>> Hey, I was wondering if MD/DC deserve there own dedicated eBird
>> hompage/portal? Not sure how useful it would be, but maybe it could be
>> used to make local birders aware of certain bird related issues - a la
>> Virgina: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/va ?
>>
>> Jason Berry
>> Washington, DC
>>
>>
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