[NatureNS] New eBird tool

From: Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com>
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:32:15 -0400
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I just noticed this new eBird tool on eBird home page and it is a nice
little tool called eBird Targets. I like many aspects of birding and I also
like adding to many of my lists including photographed, life, year, month
and county. eBird Targets is a great tool for strategizing adding to your
lists.  For instance I set the location to Nova Scotia and I set the months
to Nov through to Dec and left the default needs option to Nova Scotia life
list (you can change it to year and optionally specify a county). It
produced a list of 89 species not on my eBird life list which have been
reported in NS during Nov - Dec ordered by frequency of checklists which
have the species. Please don't tell anyone that the number one bird I don't
have for this period is Snow Bunting at %5.39 of checklists lol. I'm sure it
will come this week! 

 

My number 4 will be a bit harder but I still hope to add it this year-Pine
Warbler. It is in just under 1% of checklists during this period. But there
is a "map" link next to each species that pops up a map showing all the
hotspots that have a checklist for the target species. I clicked on the map
link for Pine Warbler and I already found one surprise. Apparently I'll be
better off looking for it within central areas of Halifax/Dartmouth than the
remote or coastal sites I usually favour.

 

Amusingly, so many people entered a checklist for the Tundra Bean Goose that
it is telling me it is the 10th most likely species for me to find in Nov -
Dec.

 

http://ebird.org/ebird/targets

 

Keith Lowe

 


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class=3DMsoNormal>I just noticed this new eBird tool on eBird home page =
and it is a nice little tool called eBird Targets. I like many aspects =
of birding and I also like adding to many of my lists including =
photographed, life, year, month and county. eBird Targets is a great =
tool for strategizing adding to your lists. &nbsp;For instance I set the =
location to Nova Scotia and I set the months to Nov through to Dec and =
left the default needs option to Nova Scotia life list (you can change =
it to year and optionally specify a county). It produced a list of 89 =
species not on my eBird life list which have been reported in NS during =
Nov &#8211; Dec ordered by frequency of checklists which have the =
species. Please don&#8217;t tell anyone that the number one bird I =
don&#8217;t have for this period is Snow Bunting at %5.39 of checklists =
lol. I&#8217;m sure it will come this week! <o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>My number 4 =
will be a bit harder but I still hope to add it this year&#8212;Pine =
Warbler. It is in just under 1% of checklists during this period. But =
there is a &#8220;map&#8221; link next to each species that pops up a =
map showing all the hotspots that have a checklist for the target =
species. I clicked on the map link for Pine Warbler and I already found =
one surprise. Apparently I&#8217;ll be better off looking for it within =
central areas of Halifax/Dartmouth than the remote or coastal sites I =
usually favour.<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Amusingly, =
so many people entered a checklist for the Tundra Bean Goose that it is =
telling me it is the 10<sup>th</sup> most likely species for me to find =
in Nov &#8211; Dec.<o:p></o:p></p><p =
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class=3DMsoNormal>Keith Lowe<o:p></o:p></p><p =
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