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Featured eBirder: André Desrochers

July 31, 2010

Our newest featured eBirder is André Desrochers. As you can see from the totals in the Top Contributors feature, he is one of our most active participants. An ornithologist studying Canada's forest birds, André is also a keen birder and has taken full advantage of eBird's recent move to global coverage. For his side of the story, click on the headline link.

eBird Global now beta-testing

July 20, 2010

We're happy to announce that eBird is now officially available for data entry worldwide! In early June we quietly enabled global data entry, and so far we've gathered data on nearly 8000 species from 176 countries! Pull out your notes from past trips abroad and help us beta-test the new data entry functionality. We've also developed a new mapping tool that we call 'eBird Range Maps'. These maps show species' ranges worldwide, and we welcome your feedback on those. We're currently working with new partners to develop better checklists and data quality filters for countries around the world. Send us general feedback on how things are working (email us at ebird@cornell.edu). Are your lists correct? Was the checklist usable? Your comments will help us make things better as we move forward with this monumental task.

Top eBird Contributors for 2010

July 20, 2010

We'd like to thank the top eBird checklist contributors for 2010. The following list includes those Canadian individuals and organizations who have entered or uploaded more than 500 eBird checklists this year. André Desrochers--6621; Richard Cannings--879; Jukka Jantunen--874; Derrick Marven--851; Christian Artuso--825; Andrew Slater--800; Adrian Dorst--767; Russell Cannings--733; Brian Self--609; Chris Siddle--563.

eBird Canada now has county and district lists!

June 02, 2010

After a couple of years of technical difficulties and other unforeseen delays, we are happy to announce that eBird Canada now has county and district layers in all parts of its operations. This will make mapping a new location easier and will allow data analysis and listing at the county/district level. For more information, click the headline link or photo!

Dendroica--a new bird identification training program

May 12, 2010

There is a new educational tool to help us all increase our bird identification skills--both sight and sound. Dendroica is a web-based program that allows you to browse bird images, songs and calls, then test your knowledge through quizzes. For more information, click on the headline link.

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