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eBird Field Checklists - Mont Co

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Jared Fisher

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Jared Fisher

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Thu, 6 Jan 2011 21:39:14 -0500

Hi all,

Inspired by today's news post at ebird about Avibase's field checklists, I decided to take what they have done a few steps further and make seasonal (by month) field checklists starting w/ Montgomery County. The checklists contain all birds expected for the given month according to eBird's filters. Doing this provides a much more efficient field list to hopefully speed up logging birds and will also let you know in the field what is expected and what isn't. I'm hoping to also use it as a reminder of what I'm missing for the day but could probably find if I look in the right place. Unfortunately, the system loses some usefulness at the beginning/end of heavy migratory months (like april/may). This process was almost all automated w/excel and acrobat (eventually got it down to less than a minute per pdf), so expect a few glitches (ie text wrapping). I'd appreciate any feedback on styling, usefulness, etc. I will do other counties if there is an interest. 

pdfs can be downloaded at http://sites.google.com/site/ebirdchecklist/montgomery-co

Jared Fisher
North Bethesda, MD