Birders,

I just wanted to call attention to a story that was just posted on the 
eBird homepage that will be of relevance to birders who use eBird to 
enter their sightings and to help track bird distribution and movements 
in North America. The story discusses two websites that assist with 
estimating distance traveled and area covered, whether it be for 
entering an eBird checklist or something else. Read about these sites here:

www.ebird.org

While these distance and area websites are very useful for birders 
entering effort data associated with eBird checklists, they have broader 
interest as well. Number one below is especially relevant:

1) Estimating *miles by foot *or *miles by car* on a Christmas Bird 
Count ('tis the season!)
2) Finding out the area of your yard or favorite park
3) Measuring your morning run
4) Figuring out how far away that Pacific Loon was that you saw from 
Ocean City Inlet...

etc. etc. etc.

Enjoy,

Marshall Iliff

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Marshall J. Iliff
West Roxbury, MA
miliff AT aol.com
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eBird/AKN Project Leader
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://www.ebird.org
http://www.avianknowledge.net
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