A growing number of active local birders have discovered how 
convenient and useful it is to use eBird, a joint effort of Cornell 
Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society.

eBird just announced the implementation of some new and terrific 
tools for managing your records (which are all kept securely on the 
eBird computers).

Many of us newer eBird users (and I am one) have managed to set up, 
quite inadvertently, duplicate locations in our My Locations lists 
and up to now have had no way to combine the duplicates.  Likewise we 
have been probably unaware that eBird has a "Shared Location" (that 
all eBird users can use to store sightings) that is very close to one 
or more of our own "Personal Locations."  The new tools make it easy 
to combine our own Personal Locations with existing eBird hotspots so 
that all eBird users can share our sighting information.

To read about these new capabilities in detail, go to:

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/new-location-management-tools-launched

Any eBird user who notices inconsistencies, duplicates or incorrect 
naming of the hotspots in Maryland, D.C., or Delaware, can bring them 
to my attention and I can most likely make the necessary 
corrections  I assist eBird with the administration of hotspots in 
this part of the Mid-Atlantic.

To get a flavor of what fascinating information eBird is capable of 
providing, go to "View and Explore Data" on the home page at 
http://ebird.org/.  I promise you, you'll be impressed.

Thanks and good eBirding!

Mike Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club, MOS
Bethesda, MD



D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD  20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom