Thought I'd post about a new online tool for keeping track of the birds you see in your yard. With this tool you can easily calculate your yard lists and compare your yard sightings with other people in your home county or all of Ohio. It looks like at least 18 people in Ohio are already signed up. I thought I'd spread the word now before 2011 hits so that you can start your 2011 yard year list on this site if you want to. It looks like this could be a lot of fun! http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/new-yard-and-patch-games Good birding, Dave Slager Columbus, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]