eBirding by the Bird Chats Team

Susan Thome-Barrett and Kathy Rigling of the Bird Chats team delve into tips and tricks of using eBird, the app from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Included is a refresher on how to use the mobile app. They also cover some less used features including the Explore tab. Susan and Kathy also discuss how to explore the birds and hotspots around you using the eBird website.
Cornell's eBird has made birding easier and more fun and at the same time is documenting bird distribution, abundance, habitat use, and trends through checklist data collected within a simple, scientific framework.
21 viewers LIVE

[@christophernuzzi2780]

I only use eBird on my laptop, because unfortunately the Android app demands that you have location turned on. I wish they would let you manually set your location in the app the way you do on the web site.

[@christophernuzzi2780]

I just saw a female Orchard Oriole in Gainesville a week or so ago, eating berries in the Carolina Holly tree in front of my townhouse. I put it into eBird, and a message popped up saying how it was a rarity in this area for this time of year and asking me to post corroborative evidence if I have any, which I don't. Now I'm on the lookout for it, hoping to see it again to try to get a picture.

[@erikaerika7788]

I get chipping sparrows in my yard...but so hard to take pics...last winter i notice this in Ebird..got flagged and tbey email me to provide evidence 😂😂... i hoping they visit this year and get pics to send to ebird ...i amin orlando. ❤❤