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Top eBird Contributors for 2009
We'd like to thank the top eBird checklist contributors for 2009. The following list includes those individuals who have entered or uploaded more than 200 Canadian eBird checklists this year. Roger Burrows--8405; Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists--6824; Ted Goshulak-1811; Burke Korol--1021; Alan & Donna McKenzie--486; Richard Cannings--470; Brian Self--398; David Raitt--365; Robert Laker--327;Christopher Harris--273; Russell Cannings--252; Scott Thomson--218.
New Feature--eBird Checklist Sharing!
Do you have a group of birding friends that are all devoted eBird users? Has it been frustrating that each of you has to enter your joint birdwalks into eBird separately? We are very excited to release eBird Checklist Sharing, which now allows you to copy checklists to another user’s account with the click of a mouse. From now on, when you go birding with friends you can designate who will be keeping the list and that person can enter the eBird list for the group. That checklist can be shared with the group using just an email address or eBird username. And once a checklist has been shared, you can add or delete species observed so that the list represents just what YOU saw. Read on for more information.
AviSys Export to eBird Launched!
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!
New Location Management Tools Launched!
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.
About our photographers
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.
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- Checklist Submissions
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- Canada --196632
- Alberta -- 7847
- British Columbia -- 71426
- Manitoba -- 7657
- New Brunswick -- 5093
- Newfoundland & Labrador -- 7326
- Northwest Territories -- 6775
- Nova Scotia -- 8345
- Nunavut -- 5885
- Ontario -- 55747
- Prince Edward Island -- 1152
- Quebec -- 12498
- Saskatchewan -- 4993
- Yukon -- 1888
Updated 31 March 2009
