http://ebird.org/content/vt daily 1 2008-03-14T17:41:23Z http://ebird.org/content/vt/news/please-contribute-to-vermont-ebird For more than 4 years, Vermont eBird has provided an invaluable tool for birders statewide. Over 625 Vermont eBirders like you have combined to contribute a remarkable 205,849 bird records from 3,055 locations across Vermont. The database and its associated applications are literally at your fingertips anywhere, anytime, free of charge. However, your help is needed to manage and update Vermont eBird. The Vermont Center for Ecostudies is responsible for managing the Vermont eBird site, and we are able to do this only through the financial support of Vermont eBird users like you. Your contribution will help VCE keep Vermont eBird running smoothly. You can donate online! No publisher kmcfarland 2008-11-25T21:56:01Z Feature http://ebird.org/content/vt/news/vermont-ebird-flickr-share-your-bird-photos You will notice that the Vermont eBird home page now includes several "thumbnail" images of birds that have been submitted to Vermont eBird. A few months ago we created a group within the popular photo-sharing site, Flickr. We received many requests from users who wanted be able to upload images of birds that they have photographed. This is particularly true for rarities (birds seen outside their normal range, or at an odd time of year). Our intent with this group is to provide a venue for people to photographically document species seen outside their normal range, outside their normal seasonal occurrence, or unexpectedly large counts of birds. The most recent images now appear on the Vermont eBird home page. No publisher kmcfarland 2008-11-25T19:52:30Z Feature http://ebird.org/content/vt/news/the-109th-christmas-bird-count-sunday-december-14-2008-to-monday-january-5-2009 The 109th Christmas Bird Count will run from December 14th through January 5th. Last year, thousands of volunteers counted nearly 60 million birds across the Americas and beyond. Each count occurs in a designated circle, 15 miles in diameter, and is led by an experienced birder, or designated “compiler”. Read more to learn where Vermont CBCs are located, date of counts and compiler contact information... No publisher kmcfarland 2008-12-01T15:06:22Z Feature http://ebird.org/content/vt/news/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. No publisher kmcfarland 2008-11-12T00:45:50Z Feature http://ebird.org/content/vt/news/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. No publisher kmcfarland 2008-07-16T14:00:52Z Feature http://ebird.org/content/vt/news/make-your-checklists-more-meaningful As the eBird database grows by leaps and bounds, it is becoming ever more valuable. Your observations are making a huge difference in our understanding of birds at many levels. Our scientists are now analyzing your data to find new patterns in bird distribution, abundance and population trends. Only observations with effort can be used in these analyses, so we would like to promote several bird survey techniques that we consider most valuable in this regard. Make the most of your birding by conducting traveling counts, stationary counts and area counts in a more meaningful way. In this feature we'll give examples of how to make your observations count for bird conservation! No publisher kmcfarland 2008-06-12T17:12:46Z Feature http://ebird.org/content/vt/news/download-vermont-ebird-data-at-the-avian-knowledge The Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) is an international organization of government and non-government institutions focused on understanding the patterns and dynamics of bird populations across the Western Hemisphere. Since AKN was launched in 2004 it has grown by leaps and bounds. With nearly 40 million bird observations in its database from 41 partner organizations spanning the Western Hemisphere, its scope and importance has increased exponentially in recent years. No publisher kmcfarland 2008-06-08T00:45:26Z Feature