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Keith that is very interesting! =C2=A0Thanks for sharing! =C2=A0Leave it to=
you to suss out the technical and strategic aspects of ebird--especially t=
he new tools they are adding.
Carmel SmithBridgewater=20
On Monday, November 17, 2014 10:35 PM, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> =
wrote:
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yiv7684088209WordSection1 {}-->I just noticed this new eBird tool on eBird =
home page and it is a nice little tool called eBird Targets. I like many as=
pects of birding and I also like adding to many of my lists including photo=
graphed, life, year, month and county. eBird Targets is a great tool for st=
rategizing adding to your lists. =C2=A0For instance I set the location to N=
ova 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 option=
ally specify a county). It produced a list of 89 species not on my eBird li=
fe list which have been reported in NS during Nov =E2=80=93 Dec ordered by =
frequency of checklists which have the species. Please don=E2=80=99t tell a=
nyone that the number one bird I don=E2=80=99t have for this period is Snow=
Bunting at %5.39 of checklists lol. I=E2=80=99m sure it will come this wee=
k! =C2=A0My number 4 will be a bit harder but I still hope to add it this =
year=E2=80=94Pine Warbler. It is in just under 1% of checklists during this=
period. But there is a =E2=80=9Cmap=E2=80=9D link next to each species tha=
t pops up a map showing all the hotspots that have a checklist for the targ=
et species. I clicked on the map link for Pine Warbler and I already found =
one surprise. Apparently I=E2=80=99ll be better off looking for it within c=
entral areas of Halifax/Dartmouth than the remote or coastal sites I usuall=
y favour. =C2=A0Amusingly, so many people entered a checklist for the Tundr=
a Bean Goose that it is telling me it is the 10th most likely species for m=
e to find in Nov =E2=80=93 Dec. =C2=A0http://ebird.org/ebird/targets =C2=A0=
Keith Lowe =C2=A0
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ith that is very interesting! Thanks for sharing! Leave it to y=
ou to suss out the technical and strategic aspects of ebird--especially the=
new tools they are adding.</span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14163526293=
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ir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> On Monday, November 17, 2014 1=
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684088209MsoNormal">I just noticed this new eBird tool on eBird home page a=
nd it is a nice little tool called eBird Targets. I like many aspects of bi=
rding and I also like adding to many of my lists including photographed, li=
fe, 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 optio=
n to Nova Scotia life list (you can change it to year and optionally specif=
y a county). It produced a list of 89 species not on my eBird life list whi=
ch have been reported in NS during Nov =E2=80=93 Dec ordered by frequency o=
f checklists which have the species. Please don=E2=80=99t tell anyone that =
the number one bird I don=E2=80=99t have for this period is Snow Bunting at=
%5.39 of checklists lol. I=E2=80=99m sure it will come this week! </div><d=
iv class=3D"yiv7684088209MsoNormal"> </div><div class=3D"yiv768408820=
9MsoNormal">My number 4 will be a bit harder but I still hope to add it thi=
s year=E2=80=94Pine Warbler. It is in just under 1% of checklists during th=
is period. But there is a =E2=80=9Cmap=E2=80=9D link next to each species t=
hat pops up a map showing all the hotspots that have a checklist for the ta=
rget species. I clicked on the map link for Pine Warbler and I already foun=
d one surprise. Apparently I=E2=80=99ll be better off looking for it within=
central areas of Halifax/Dartmouth than the remote or coastal sites I usua=
lly favour.</div><div class=3D"yiv7684088209MsoNormal"> </div><div cl=
ass=3D"yiv7684088209MsoNormal">Amusingly, so many people entered a checklis=
t 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 =E2=80=93 Dec.</div><div class=
=3D"yiv7684088209MsoNormal"> </div><div class=3D"yiv7684088209MsoNorm=
al"><a rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://ebird.org/ebird/ta=
rgets">http://ebird.org/ebird/targets</a></div><div class=3D"yiv7684088209M=
soNormal"> </div><div class=3D"yiv7684088209MsoNormal">Keith Lowe</di=
v><div class=3D"yiv7684088209MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div><br>=
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