eBird's Marshall Iliff asked me to cross-post his message below, 
originally sent to Massachusetts birders.

It's being sent now to MDOsprey and DE-Birds.  Ned Brinkley will be 
cross-posting to VA-Bird.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda, MD

>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>From: Marshall Iliff<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
>><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:27 PM
>>Subject: Hurricane Irene redux on eBird
>><mailto:[log in to unmask]>To: Massbird 
>><<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, 
>><mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>Massbird,
>>
>>With news still coming in for reports from Hurricane Irene, I have 
>>posted a tentative summary of some of the news with visualizations 
>>from eBird etc. See the story here:
>>
>><http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/hurricane-irene-redux>http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/hurricane-irene-redux
>>
>>We already have a couple hundred Sooty Tern sightings in eBird but 
>>there are many more that we still need to get in the system. Only 
>>about half of the tropicbirds are in, so the Delaware, upstate New 
>>York, New Hampshire, and one of the New York City sightings still 
>>need to be entered. Many Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts 
>>finds are yet to be entered as well, and it would be great to be 
>>able to see a full picture for any species within the next week or 
>>so. So again, please encourage your friends who got out storm 
>>birding to help us compile all the sightings in one place.
>>
>>We are very interested in using eBird to gain a better 
>>understanding of this storm, so we invite all birders who got out 
>>seeking storm-blown seabirds to please please PLEASE submit those 
>>sightings to eBird (whether or not you connected with 
>>anyrarities--the negative data is helpful too). We hope to be able 
>>to produce an animated summary of Sooty Tern sightings, showing the 
>>progression of the storm and where and when sooty Terns appeared. 
>>If we can get this together quick enough (it will depend on New 
>>England birders making sure all Sooty Tern sightings have been 
>>entered with correct times), then maybe the visualization will help 
>>us all make better storm birding plans for Hurricane Katia 
>>http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/024712.shtml?5-daynl.
>>
>>Thanks, and if anyone has questions about how to get their storm 
>>birding list into eBird, please get in touch with me directly.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Marshall Iliff
>>
>>****************************
>>Marshall J. Iliff
>><http://aol.com>miliff AT <http://aol.com>aol.com
>>West Roxbury, MA
>>****************************
>>eBird/AKN Project Leader
>><http://www.ebird.org>www.ebird.org
>>www.avianknowledge.net
>>Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>>Ithaca, NY


D.H. Michael Bowen
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Bethesda, MD  20817
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