FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: Mississippi Kites at Huntley Meadows, June 7

[WEalding@xxxxxxx]

I'd like to endorse Ned's comments about eBird.  Although Ned cited  my name 
as one of the hard core users, actually I'm a pretty recent  convert.  I only 
started using it because Richmond Audubon asked their  field trip leaders to 
start using it (they actually have a special log in for  the Richmond Audubon 
field trip leaders).  I had been reluctant to use  eBird because I have a 
considerable investment of effort (45,000 records) in  BirdBase and didn't want 
to 
duplicate the effort.  But  transferring BirdBase records into an e-mail 
requires a lot of effort  (creation of a separate file that then has to be 
edited 
for readability), and as  Ned says, eBird makes it really easy.  
 
Will I give up on BirdBase?  No, because eBird only covers the US,  Canada 
and Mexico, and I have a lot of sightings outside that area.  But,  if I was 
starting out birding now, it would definitely would be the way to  go.
 
Wendy  Ealding