The Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon announces… 

eBird: Basics and Beyond, presented by Kent McFarland

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Mayer Room, Howe Library, Hanover NH

eBird, a real-time, online checklist program, has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds

eBird's goal is to maximize the utility and accessibility of the vast numbers of bird observations made each year by recreational and professional bird watchers by sharing these observations with a global community of educators, land managers, ornithologists, and conservation biologists.

On a more personal level, eBird allows you to:

Keep track of all your bird lists: life, year, state, county and more.

Easily share checklists with your birding companions. Whether you’re on a field trip or birding with friends, one person can enter a checklist and share it with the group. Each person can then edit their version of the list to reflect exactly what they saw.

Select locations using an intuitive Google Maps interface to report birds from anywhere in Western Hemisphere, including Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Antarctica. 

Import sightings from popular birding software as well as from spreadsheets such as Excel.

Kent will demonstrate these features and more, and answer your questions about eBird. Please note that this will be an interactive event – you’re welcome to bring a laptop computer and use eBird online ( thru the Howe’s WiFi access).
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It was the bright birds of Paraguay that attracted Kent McFarland, working as a Peace Corps volunteer, to ornithology. After a few months in the country he bought a cheap pair of binoculars and an Argentinean bird guide and became addicted to birds.  He is a conservation biologist at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. 

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