For anyone interested, Excel files (and some other database files), in a proper format, can be uploaded directly into ebird. Once set up, the uploading is quick. For more information go to the main menu of ebird, select "About eBird" and from the menu on the right click on "Uploading your records." Or, directly to: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/using-the-ebird-data-import-tool Rich Richard Cressman East Boston, MA 02128 r.cressman.xyz.1928[at]gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]