All,
Today eBird released a major development that should make eBirding in groups
much easier. It is now possible to SHARE a checklist with birding friends.
Just enter your checklist and at the end you'll see a link to share your
observations. You can also go back through your old observations and share
those with friends. Your friends can then edit the list to delete the
species that they missed and add the ones that they saw. You can read the
full story on eBird here:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/new-feature-ebird-checklist-sharing.
For those of you that have not tried eBird yet, but are willing to give it a
try, ask a friend who does use eBird to share a checklist with you from one
of your joint outings. This will provide an email with a link to the
checklist and will prompt you for a sign in. Once you accept the checklist,
it will be permanently archived in your account. For those of you that
participate in or lead bird walks, consider appointing someone the eBird
list-keeper. That person can collect email address (or eBird usernames) for
anyone who wants a copy of the checklist, and can then keep track of the
list and share it at the end of the day. If you bird at multiple locations,
you can divide the workload as needed. This has the potential to introduce a
number of people to eBird and should make data entry less of a chore when it
is a team effort.
We are always hoping to get more data from anywhere and everywhere--remember
that EVERY SINGLE observation is of value in helping to describe the
birdlife around us. If you have not tried eBird recently, I encourage you to
give it another try. It has changed significantly from even a year ago and
provides many more features, better functionality, and a better user
interface. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need help
getting set up.
Best,
Marshall
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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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