There have been some great checklists lately on the list serve. If you have not been contributing your sightings to Vermont eBird...here might be a reason to try it out! We've just launched an updated version of Google Maps that not only shows you where eBird birding hotspots and your personal locations are found on the map, but it also allows you to select these for data entry directly from the map! With over 15,000 hotspots now in our database, you should be able to easily find an exciting birding location near you and efficiently contribute your data. If your local hotspots still aren't there, you can always map them and send them on to us through our hotspot suggestion interface. Plotting new locations on the map still works like it used to, but the added bonus of selecting hotspots should make data entry even easier. Read more by clicking the Google Map. http://ebird.org/content/vins/ Thanks. Kent -- Kent McFarland Conservation Biology Department Vermont Institute of Natural Science 6565 Woodstock Road PO Box 1281 Quechee, VT 05059 802-359-5001 x234 http://www.vinsweb.org/cbd Visit the CBD Blog: http://www.vinsweb.org/cbd/news.html **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************