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Subscribe to eBird Alerts!

March 10, 2010
Subscribe to eBird Alerts!

We are very excited to introduce a new feature: eBird Alerts! By going to the eBird Alerts page from "View and Explore Data" you can view a list of all the national-level rarities recently reported in North America and Canada. These are defined by the ABA Codes, which we explain below. You have the option to subscribe hourly (!), daily, or just to visit this page and click to see the results from the past seven days. In the near future, we hope to add similar alerts for birds you "need" (i.e., birds not already on your eBird list) for a given state or province. So please, sign up for our ABA Alerts to keep up on what rarities--like Ivory Gulls--are being reported around the country!

Adopt an Important Bird Area

January 25, 2010
Adopt an Important Bird Area

The Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program is an international bird conservation program being implemented on every continent, with 48 states participating in the United States. The aim of the program is to identify a network of sites that are essential for sustaining naturally occurring populations of bird species, and to protect or manage these sites for the long-term conservation of birds, other wildlife, and their habitats. For a site to be recognized as an IBA it must meet criteria based on bird concentrations, threatened species, or species assemblages representative of priority habitats.

The Virginia Important Bird Areas are on eBird!

December 21, 2009
The Virginia Important Bird Areas are on eBird!

The staff of the Virginia Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program is pleased to announce that Virginia’s IBAs are now on Virginia eBird! In a very important step for Virginia’s Program, 19 of Virginia’s 20 IBAs have been integrated into Virginia eBird, with the newly-delineated Central Piedmont IBA to be incorporated soon.

VSO 2009 Foray Highlights in Search of Bachman’s Sparrow

November 10, 2009
VSO 2009 Foray Highlights in Search of Bachman’s Sparrow

The 2009 VSO Foray was conducted June 12-17, 2009 in Greensville, Sussex and portions of Southampton Counties. The target species, Bachman’s Sparrow, was not found but, there were several other interesting findings. The full report is available at the VSO website.

Why aren't some eBird reports updating?

September 27, 2009
Why aren't some eBird reports updating?

We are in the process of updating a table that is used to generate some reports in eBird (including life lists, state lists, and county lists). For the next week or so, these reports will not include any new records. All records are still added to the eBird database, and all of the lists and maps in eBird will be updated when this work is complete. You can continue to submit and report observations as usual. All of the records you enter are safe. This effort is taking a bit longer than anticipated but we hope to finish it as soon as possible. We will post updates here. Expect to see your lists display faster after this work is completed. Thanks for your patience as we continue to improve eBird. Team eBird. UPDATED: 25 September 2009. 8:49AM Eastern.

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