For those of you who were at Ian Davies' talk on Friday night and were interested in eBird I thought I would share these checklists so that you had the chance to understand more about how the system works. I was birding with Ian today and we recorded all of the birds seen directly into eBird.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30173824 (Tai Po Kau)
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30173833 (Mai Po Access Road)
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30173831 (Mai Po NR)
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30173829 (Ho Sheung Heung)
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30173828 (Ho Sheung Heung)
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30173827 (Long Valley)
We had a very good day of birding despite the rain - much better than I had expected in mid-June. I was pleased to find not only Ian's target Black-collared Starling, but also several other new birds for him (I think he was actually most impressed by the Painted Snipe!) Unfortunately the rain meant that we chose to leave our cameras behind, so we don't have any photos to upload to the lists.
Even though I've been on eBird for a while, it was great for me to see how efficient it was when used by an expert, and how easy it can be to get the sightings into the database.
You may also be interested to see how today's results fit in with the previous sightings reported. The information is all easily accessible on the website, for example:
http://ebird.org/ebird/country/HK?yr=all
http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?reportType=location&bMonth=01&bYear=1900&eMonth=12&eYear=2016&parentState=HK-&countries=HK&getLocations=countries&continue.x=63&continue.y=8&continue=t
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Last edited by ajohn at 11/06/2016 22:09 ]
