1. Cheryl Huizinga - 79
2. Terry Gray - 70
3. David Lawrence - 69
4. Lew Ulrey - 60
5. Charles Swift - 48
5. Robert Mortensen - 48
5. Darren Clark - 48
8. Steve Butterworth - 47
9. Tim O'Brien - 42
9. Jonathan Stoke - 42
9. Anonymous User - 42 (Thanks for using eBird anyway! We'll have to figure out how to award your prize if you win.)
Checklist Leaders:
1. Robert Mortensen - 49
2. Lew Ulrey - 36
3. Cheryl Huizinga - 28
4. David Lawrence - 18
5. Jackson Whitman - 13
6. Charles Swift - 10
7. Tim O'Brien - 9
7. Denise Hughes - 9
9. Jonathan Stoke - 8
10. Terry Gray - 7
10. Steve Butterworth - 7
eBird tip of the week inspired by Charles Swift
eBird encourages submission of checklists for specific locations; more specific than just towns or counties. For example, if I went birding at Wilson Ponds, it is more helpful to cite this specific location when logging your sightings into eBird rather than just reporting "Canyon County" or even "Nampa" for that matter. This takes advantage of the mapping feature in eBird and allows biologists to associate checklists with habitat types using GIS habtitat coverages (for example the Idaho GAP and other GAP projects produce statewide habitat maps based on satellite data). Many locations may already be in eBird, especially birding Hot Spots, but don't be shy about creating your own specific locations. The cool thing about eBird is that it also saves the location for you for easy selection the next time you visit. If the location is publicly accessible, you may consider checking the box to suggest this as a birding hot spot. To read more about ways to make eBird checklists more valuable to yourself and to science click here.
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