Thanks to @Team_eBird for the work they put into keeping this site running and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for their time working on shared location suggestions.
Newly created and renamed hotspots have been updated on the 62 county wiki pages. You can find a summary of the changes here with clickable links where a dedicated hotspot (shared location) page exists: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/NewHotspots http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/RenamedHotspots County totals have been updated for all county pages. This includes the total number of species with the equivalent color code highlighting the county name based on the colors on eBird.org maps. The alphabetical list on the home page has also been updated with total spp. #. *Hotspot pages*: All location pages have been updated on the wiki. These include 207 pages representing a total of 634 hotspots. Updates involve # of species and color codings based on species # along with updated 2015 periods for the bar chart tables displaying the Month: Sep./2015 and the current two month period Aug. - Sep./2015 along with the current year. *Newish feature*: Tide Graphs have been added for New York County, Kings County (Brooklyn) and Richmond County (Staten Island). There's a quick link to the tide graphs on the "Go To >" line highlighted in blue. If there are multiple graphs on a page the left/right is generally north/south or west/east. If you spot any issues please let me know off line. For the following county pages the Top 10 locations appears at the top of the list with links to the hotspot pages: Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orange, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins, Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties. For New York County (Borough of Manhattan) all hotspots have links to shared location pages. *Bar Charts*: On all county and location pages there are tables showing all the months, seasons and several time frames for the current year. Clicking any of these will bring up a complete list of species and other taxa with bar charts representing abundance. To see a list of species for *all* periods click on the name above the months i.e. 'New York State (467 spp.)' or 'Albany (281 spp.)'. *Mapped sightings*: After bringing up a bar chart list you'll see a MAP button to the right of each species. Clicking this will produce a map of the latest sightings. Red icons show sightings within the past 30 days. Click on the icons to see a list of who reported the species. Click on 'Checklist' to view their full checklist. Check out 'My Location Life List', 'My County Life List' and 'My State Life List' links. Click 'Overview' on any of the pages to bring up a sortable list of all species along with the latest checklists submitted and a list of the Top eBirders. Click on 'Google Map Directions' to bring up a Google Map page. On the Google Map clicking 'Directions' then 'Transit' will plot a public transportation route. By clicking 'More Options and Times' you can refine your search. This also works with 'Driving' and 'Walking'. *Home page*: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York *Clickable map*: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#ClickableMap *Alphabetical list of counties*: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#Alphabetical Enjoy! Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
