The eBird Thread

This is a thread to talk about what eBird is, how to use eBird, and eBird updates. Here is an update. It adds a way to repot sensitive species without showing them in Explore Data.

Sensitive Species in eBird | eBird

 

eBird now has over a billion records, making it the largest GBIF citizen science project.

Annual eBird update brings GBIF to almost one billion records | eBird

 

The eBird homepage has been redesigned:

Link to article: A new face for eBird: redesigned homepage - eBird

Link to homepage: https://ebird.org/home

 

500 millionth sighting in eBird (a Barn Swallow):

500 million eBird records - eBird

 

A new photos and sounds quiz is available:

Photo + Sound Quiz - eBird

 

The 2018 Clement's update is now completely into eBird:

2018 eBird Taxonomy Update - eBird