Hello Everyone, I've been doing a bit of OBBA2 data exploration over the last couple of days. Many of you are already aware of the Atlas' online data mapping feature, but for those of you who aren't familiar with what is currently available, I'd like to direct you all to the following website...http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main/. This is the OBBA2 data entry interface (designed by the Info Science folks at Cornell) but besides data entry, anyone can access current Atlas results from data that's already been entered by volunteers. Look at the upper right-hand corner of the main page and click "View Results." You can now explore a multitude of mapped data themes currently available. Want to know what areas of Ohio have absolutely NO survey coverage so you can prepare for next year's atlasing adventures? Choose "Number of Species" from the "Select A Theme" pull-down menu and off you go. Want to explore current species distributions? Simply choose a species from the Species pull-down menu. This function will also allow you to view comparison maps from data collected during the first OBBA back in the 80's. We all know that Bald Eagles have made an enormous come back in Ohio over the last couple of decades but what sort of a comeback are we talking about here? Well, visit this URL first.... http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?cmd=stateSummary&theme=species&edition=previous&species=baleag Then, visit this URL ( http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?cmd=stateSummary&theme=species&edition=current&species=baleag) or simply click the blue hyperlink next to the species name titled "View Current Atlas Data". This is probably the quickest way to grasp the extent of the Bald Eagle's nearly 30-fold increase in the number of occupied Atlas blocks. Simply amazing! Good birding! -- Aaron Boone Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II School of Environment & Natural Resources The Ohio State University 210 Kottman Hall 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210-1085 614.247.6458 (office) www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]