Minor change to eBird Top100
November 11, 2009
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (vermiculatus subspecies) at Semaphore Hill, Panama, 8 Feb 2007. This subspecies, ranging north to Costa Rica, is almost certainly distinct from the guatemalae group farther north. Photo: Marshall J. Iliff
Those of you that keep a close watch on the eBird
Top100 may have noticed a change this past week. It may have seemed that the
numbers suddenly changed last Friday. In actuality though, all we did was change
the default on the year selector in the top right. While it previously defaulted
to "All Years", it now defaults to the current year. If you want to see who has
the best All Time list, just use that selector box to select All years. The
reason we did this was because we wanted to keep all active eBirders involved in
the Top100 lists--year lists can be competitive for anyone, but a lifetime list
takes a lifetime to accumulate. In any event, don't be alarmed by this change,
just select the period you want to check.
