Hi all,

EBird had and interesting article recently. The article highlighted
some of the gaps in data from around the country. It specifically
highlighted counties where zero checklists have been submitted. None
of those counties were in Florida. I downloaded the spreadsheet and
distilled the information down to Florida's counties. I find it
interesting to use the View and Explore Data tab from Ebird to see
who is submitting checklists for the various counties in Florida.
Some counties don't have prominent resident birders, but do have some
relative unknowns that submit their yard or trip lists.

Tradition has it that the fall migration begins with the shorebirds
arriving on the 4th of July (even though migration never stops here
in sunny Florida.) I hope that by sending out this information on
New Birding Year's Eve, it might stimulate some folks to get out
there and collect new data, submit them to Ebird and dig there old
stuff for submission. EBird has some nifty tools for uploading bulk
data. If anyone has old data in some sort of electronic format (or
other format) and needs help uploading, please contact me and I will
be glad to provide assistance.

David Simpson
Fellsmere, FL
321-720-5516

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/ebirds-most-wanted-counties
http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=Start
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/using-the-ebird-data-import-tool
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/new-ms-excel-tool-to-simplify-
data-upload




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