Hello Listers!
OK, so the NYSOA County & State Listing deadline is just 2 days away. A friend of mine pointed out that some time ago I wrote a simple tutorial on how to use eBird to easily grab your state and county totals for the NYSOA County & State Listing project/competition. Why didn't I think of that a long time ago? Is old age creeping up on me? Or is it just that these rarities keep showing up to distract me? (I prefer to think it's the latter!) In any case, I hope the simple "how-to" below will help some of you get your report in for 2016. Remember, you can submit just one number (e.g. state life total, county life total, etc.) or as many as you wish to! All numbers for the NYSOA report are LIFE totals with one exception - you can enter your NYS year total if you wish to. So if you'd like to give it a try between now and Wednesday for the 2016 report, below are the easy-peasy steps using eBird! Carena Pooth NYSOA (New York State Ornithological Association, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- 1. Just to give you an easy way to jot down the numbers, print the form: http://nybirds.org/CountyLists/web2016/CountyListForm2016.pdf <http://nybirds.org/CountyLists/web2016/CountyListForm2016.pdf%20> As you complete the steps below, write the numbers onto page 2 of the form. When you have all the numbers you want to submit, you can enter them online at http://nybirds.org/CountyLists/web2016/CountyReportingForm2016.html Or you can complete page 1 as well and get the whole thing to me by email or fax (see details on form). 2. Go to http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ and login. STATE TOTALS (as of 12/31/16): 3. Click My eBird and then the "State/Province" tab. 4. For your NYS LIFE total, use the "Life" number shown for New York. If you're not sure whether you picked up any new NYS lifers since 12/31/16, do the following: a. Click the number in the "Life" column. b. On the next screen, click the word "Date" (the rightmost column header). That will sort the sightings by date. c. Scroll to the bottom to see if any new lifers in 2017; use the appropriate number from column 1. 5. For your NYS YEAR total: a. Click My eBird and then the "State/Province" tab. b. Click the number in the "Year" column next to New York. c. On the next screen, change the year above the listing to 2016. d. Scroll to the bottom and use the number in column 1 for your NYS 2016 year list total. COUNTY LIFE TOTALS (as of 12/31/16): 6. Click My eBird and then the "County" tab. 7. For your NYSOA county listing report, you will be entering only LIFE numbers for counties, so for the most part you can just use the "Life" number shown for each county. If you're not sure whether you picked up a new county lifer since 12/31/16, do the following for each county you want to check: a. Click the number in the Life column. b. On the next screen, click the word "Date" (the rightmost column header). That will sort the sighting by date. c. Scroll to the bottom to see if any new lifers in 2017; use the appropriate number from column 1. One last thing.MAKE SURE YOU DON'T COUNT SPECIES THAT ARE NOT ON THE Checklist of the Birds of New York State in your totals (e.g. Chukar or new NYS species not yet accepted by NYSARC). The checklist is online at http://nybirds.org/Publications/ChecklistNYS.htm. Want to add REGIONAL TOTALS? These are a little more complicated if you keep track of your numbers using only eBird. Drop me an email at car...@prodigy.net <mailto:car...@prodigy.net> if you'd like to know how to approach those using eBird data. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
