I will be THRILLED when eBird has an application in the iPhone/Droid market
--- I think once that happens, their checklist counts will skyrocket.
I have an app (Bird Watcher's Diary) that gets very close to that, but not
easy to submit the sightings you log (not for me, at least).
All in time, I think.
Until then, eBird for desktop is a fantastic way to log and manage your own
lists, if you're a lister like many of us.
Also of note, Ohio is ranked FOURTH in the country in lists submitted ---
only behind the obvious birding giants, CA, TX, and NY (and yes, we totally
OWN Michigan, hehe). Not sure why the success, but I am glad we are using
this wonderful service. As a combined group, we've documented 328 species
for 2011.
Scott Hannan
Wooster
In a message dated 12/31/2011 7:10:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Hi Scott and others,
I'll definitely be keeping track of my Franklin County list going into
2012. Like some others have suggested, I am a big fan of county
listing as a fun local alternative to state listing. It can result in
some great local finds and increase your knowledge of how to find
birds in underbirded areas. It also, of course, uses up less gas than
driving all over the state. I'm sure Bill Whan will be posting
sometime in the next week or so summarizing the Franklin County
sightings during 2011. It was a great year.
As we get ready to kick off a new year of birding, I'd highly
recommend getting started with eBird right now if you haven't already.
Any time is a great time to start putting your sightings into eBird,
but it's especially convenient to start right now, because it is
arguably the best way to keep track of your yard, site, county, and
state year lists for 2012, and much more. Check it out!
<www.ebird.org>
Dave Slager
Columbus, Ohio
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 18:29, Scott Hannan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So, as the clock comes close to midnight, I'm ready to start owling to
kick
> off the year. Su's shrike evaded us, but would be awesome to make that a
> year bird and life bird for me tomorrow!! Also checked for Short-ears
> while we were at Funk, nothing I could see until the light was gone.
>
> I'm wondering if any other listserv subscribers are going to be taking
the
> County Big Year Throw-down Challenge.
>
> I am hoping for 150-175 for Wayne County -- curious who all is thinking
of
> doing the same in their home county. Would be nice to have an official
> county list to compare our total to. Looks like Ohio is at 425, pretty
sure
> not likely to get 50% of those, but that would be incredible.
>
> Our back yard total for the year was 64, although i'm almost completely
> sure i heard golden-crowns this afternoon, no visual confirmation.
>
>
> Cheers, and to any other county listers: BRING IT!!!
> :: GRIN ::
>
> Scott Hannan
>
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