Yes, the loss is bothersome! Good to know that there are plans to bring it back.
I sent an email via the web to eBird on Jul 24 asking the same question. There was a response on Jul 24 stating that the tool had been removed from the new eBird release. They asked me to describe how I used the tool and that they would see what they could do to find a solution. I responded with details on my use for several research projects and for tracking our NYSBBAIII progress. The information was sent the following day but have yet to hear anything back. In the meantime, I tried an number of workarounds, e.g., life lists, the mobile app trip summary, cvs exports to Excel, etc., but nothing was remotely satisfactory. I ended up writing a standalone Excel program for data storage and summary. Alan Wells PS I also miss the illustrated bar-chart. This was an efficient way to track and verify additions to my local patches. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Tognan Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 12:32 PM To: NYS Birds listserve Subject: [nysbirds-l] EBird eliminated "Summarize my Observations" - problem for Christmas Bird Count I contacted eBird via their website on August 23, 2020 re the following complaint. There has been no response. EBird used to have the function “Summarize My Observations”, which has now been eliminated. It was useful to produce a combined trip list of multiple locations. It was especially useful for the Christmas Bird Count. My North Nassau CBC sector includes 19 locations (each a separate spot to drive to). In years past, I could produce a combined checklist in about 2 minutes using “Summarize My Observations”. Now what? Print 19 checklists and combine the data by hand? This may take two hours instead of two minutes. I would like to have seen “Summarize My Observations” be improved to allow more flexible dates and selection of locations. Instead, the whole feature is gone - did eBird ask anyone before deleteing it? I feel that birders spend a lot of effort inputting their data - shouldn’t eBird give us a better interface to inquire on it? Does the loss of this feature bother anyone else or just me? By the way, these other features were also deleted: species All-Time First/Last Records, Arrivals and Departures, and High Counts. Nancy Tognan -- 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/[email protected]/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/ -- -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
