We're pleased to announce that Jerry Blinn has launched a new AviSys utility that allows users to export records to eBird. We have worked closely with Jerry on this process over the past 18 months. He has been dedicated to making sure that AviSys users not only can export their data to eBird, but that they also have the tools available in AviSys to make their observations more valuable by adding associated effort information to each birding outing. We thank Jerry for his hard work on this, and we'd like to extend a big WELCOME to AviSys users everywhere!
When eBird started in 2002 we didn't have the technology to allow you to select a location from a map for data entry (we do now--hooray!). Because of that it was harder to be aware of existing eBird hotspots, and many users created their own versions of these places. We've been asked for a long time to rectify this by creating tools that will allow you to merge your personal locations, and all associated data, with existing eBird hotspots. We've recently upgraded the "Manage My Locations" option found under "My eBird" to allow for this, along with a suite of other useful data management tools. Now you can easily combine your data from a duplicate personal location with eBird hotspots so that it can be shared by all.
We'd like to thank the top eBird checklist contributors for 2008. The following list includes those individuals who have entered or uploaded more than 400 Canadian eBird checklists this year. Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists--6737; Roger Burrows--2103; Luc Blanchette--1941; Northwest Territories-Nunavut Checklist Program--1516; Rob Lyske--1172; Peter Candido--961; Ben Schonewille--905; Richard Cannings--807; Rita Wege--800; Robert Laker--720; Brian Self--685; Christopher Harris--588; Mike Burrell--536; Mark Cranford--506; Ted Hillary--415.
eBird Canada would like to thank the photographers who provided the fabulous images for the banners at the top of each web page and throughout the website. The Snowy Owl photo was taken by Gord Court, the Mourning Warbler by Ron Ridout, the Dusky Grouse by Laure Neish, the Christmas Bird Counter by Dick Cannings and the flying Brant and Rufous Hummingbird by Ralph Hocken. You can enjoy more of Ralph's stunning bird images at this address and see Laure's full portfolio at this address.
