This list has been very supportive of the Percevia Field Guide to Bird's of
North America search engine. Many have made valuable contributions and I
wanted to point out some new developments in this non profit venture.

Developments:

o Entire interface has been revamped to allow viewing on 800 x 600 displays.
http://www.percevia.com 

o Now 755 birds of North America in the database. 
http://tinyurl.com/5sbm7 

o NEW Wizard identification method asks simple questions to help you ID:
http://www.percevia.com/wizards/StateColorSize/wizard.aspx

o Graphic elements have been reduced to allow faster download on dialup
accounts.

o NEW Species Account Pages. Allen's Hummingbird Example:
http://tinyurl.com/4zgj3 

o NEW Head Pattern field mark. 
http://tinyurl.com/77com

o Any species account page can be printed and put in a binder.

o Side by side Comparison Grid: Example of four birds:
http://tinyurl.com/8nkky

o Online tutorial/help:
http://www.percevia.com/Help_Web_Client/Help_Web_Client.htm 

o Percevia to be used in the Wild Bird Feeding Institute's
(http://www.wbfi.org) "Project Wildbird" Research Study of back yard feeding
habits starting this year. Details:
http://www.wildbirdcenter.com/content/study/

o Blog: 
http://percevia.blogspot.com

o QuickSearch Toolbar can be added to your website. Type in a bird's name,
autocomplete menu finds all birds close to the name, click on it, see the
species account.
http://www.percevia.com 

o 75,000 visitors in April.


Thanks to everyone for the continuing support.

Mitchell Waite
Sausalito, California