Howdy again, I'd like to issue a special invitation to all the active birders in west Tennessee to begin contributing to eBird. Of Tennessee's divisions, the West is by far the least well represented in the project. We currently only have five regular contributors (thank you!) from the entire vast region. There is very little data coming in from such frequently-birded areas as Reelfoot, Paris Landing, Pace Point, Hatchie NWR, and many others. Great expanses of coastal plain are virtually terra incognita in the database. Some of Tennessee's best and most active birders cover these areas regularly. I'd ask all of y'all who live and bird in the west to please consider dedicating a little extra time to participating in eBird and helping fill in the picture of Tennessee in the database. It takes only a few minutes to enter a checklist into eBird via a simple fill-in-the- blank online form, but it gives your field notes a value to the birding and scientific community that they will never have simply sitting in your own personal notebooks and computers. Thanks to all who have participated in the past and who will in the future! Bill Pulliam Hohenwald, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________