Thanks to @Team_eBird for their dedication keeping eBird.org running smoothly and for the group of New York State hotspot moderators for working on shared location suggestions.
** See notes below if you wish to merge any of your personal locations with existing hotspots/ New and renamed shared locations (hotspots) have been updated for the 62 county wiki pages. You can find a summary of the changes below with clickable links where pages exist for a dedicated hotspot. • http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/NewHotspots • http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/RenamedHotspots The above links now appear on the home page (see below) on the 'Shared Location Updates' line eliminating the need to refer back to this message: Home page: • http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York The alphabetized page with all hotspots (6,074) has also been updated. Links to both the New and Renamed pages appears on the 'Shared Location Updates' line. *Alphabetical list of hotspots*: • http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/AlphaHotspots ** *If you wish to merge* your personal location with an existing hotspot here are the steps: — Sign into eBird.org — Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel — At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one page — You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location, Country, State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists — Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line — Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons — Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected — Click the icon that best fits your location — ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along with the # of checklists you'll be merging — Click on the 'Merge' button — Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot with this process. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- 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/ --
