eBird Global Big Day tommorow

[David McDonald <>]

Hello Ryu, pls go to settings in eBird and change the country list to Australia - them all will be fine with the species' names.

David

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On 14 May 2016, at 5:17 PM, Fleur r Leary <> wrote:

I noticed when submitting my observations on eBird that wood duck is still known as maned duck, grey teal has American spelling “gray” and hardhead is known as white-eyed duck. 

On 13 May 2016, at 6:48 PM, Ryu Callaway <> wrote:

If you need a bit more of an incentive, May's ebirder of the month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 5 or more complete no-X checklists on May 14th. This puts you in the running for a pair of ZEISS Conquest HD 8×42 binoculars. 

Here is a link to the latest news article regarding the GBD: http://ebird.org/content/australia/news/global-big-day-less-than-one-week-away/

You will be able to follow both the worldwide and ACT progress live at http://ebird.org/globalbigday/ and http://ebird.org/ebird/australia/subnational1/AU-ACT?yr=BIGDAY_2016a&amp;changeDate=Set

Whether you only have time to do a 10-minute count in your yard or can afford to spend the whole day afield searching for local specialties, every bit counts. Lets see how well we can do as a group this year. Happy birding!

Ryu