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eBird Data Import Tool Released!

January 28, 2008
eBird Data Import Tool Released!

Black Turnstone. Photo by Brian Sullivan.

We are happy to announce that we have officially released the eBird Data Import Tool. Many users have been asking how we can bulk load their existing sightings that are kept on their home computers in various file types. This tool is designed to bring in data from Excel files or other similarly structured datasets. We have created two file formats that we feel conform well to the types of data people typically store. If you have data stored in Excel or a similar format, and you would like to upload those records to eBird then please read on.

The eBird Data Import Tool is designed to help users bring their existing datasets into the eBird application. This is a complicated process, and we've spent nearly two years developing this tool. As you can imagine, there are myriad ways birders keep their notes and data on their home computers. We realize this is a vast resource of untapped data, and have built this tool to not only help standardize these data, but to bring them into a data archive at eBird where they can be used by science.

All the details about importing data including instructions, PDFs, formatting tips and tutorial movies are available at the following URL:

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/using-the-ebird-data-import-tool

If you have trouble uploading your file see the "Trouble-shooting" section of that document.

Thanks and enjoy!

Team eBird