The new feature on eBird, which allows you to see checklists pop up on the world map as they are submitted, is strangely hypnotic and soothing. Check it out!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
Well, it ain’t so mesmerizing when you’re 6-10 hours ahead of North American time, because while I watch, you’re asleep and not submitting anything.
But apart from that, it’s very cool! 😉
Thanks for mentioning this! Since I’m traveling in Ecuador and saw two gorgeous endemic species at 14,000 feet yesterday, I looked at the map and didn’t see anything in Ecuador. So I decided to submit mine!