I was attempting to wade through my many magazine subscription this AM, when I came across an article in the February 2013 issue of Scientific American magazine about eBird (see pp. 69 through 73). The article uses eBird as a good example of the data that ordinary citizens can contribute to the scientific community; it is quite interesting. The article also lists other projects that interested citizen volunteers can contribute to. Mira M. Pellerin Pearland Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner