John,
      Yes. This is the way to enter your locations into E-bird.  There are
several "Hot Spots" for Maryland and it makes it quite easy to find birding
locations.  When I started using E-Bird in 2002 this was the hardest part,
but  these Google Maps have really simplied things.

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Sherwood" <>
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 6:11 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA


> Paul:
>
>  I regularly visit Hughes Hollow and for the past 3 months or so, I've
> been entering data into Ebird. I started using Ebird in 2005 but quickly
> lost interest because the system ran slowly back then. A recent article in
> one of the birding journals convinced us to give Ebird another chance and
> I've been quite impressed.
>
>  This is how I add locations to "My Ebird."
>
>  1. Identify the location where you made your observations, using the
> "Find it on a Map" function.
>  2. Select county and state
>  3. A bunch of red dots appear on a Google map (satellite view with
> roads). When you click the dot where Hughes Hollow is, it comes up:
> "Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA."
>  4. The location is then added to the "My Locations" pull down menu.
>
>  Is that the correct site location or "Birding Hotspot" to use the Ebird
> term? Is that how we should be creating "favorite locations" on My Ebird?
>
>  John Sherwood
>  Washington, DC
>
>