[Tweeters] Does E-bird have a top-100 problem? (Ed Newbold)

[jimbetz at jimbetz.com]

Ed,

   I share your disappointment with eBird.  It is a great tool for
recording what you saw/heard - and for keeping personal records
over time.  Beyond that there are many things it does not do
well ... such as any "research".  Try and get eBird to tell you
when a particular species is likely to be in your area for example.
   Big picture research is "fairly good" but as soon as you want to
get down to questions such as "what's been seen recently, and
where, in my "county"? ... it leaves a lot to be desired.

   Yes, I know how to use eBird to get county level info - but
"last seen" or "high count" aren't what I need.  I'd like to see a
graph of the presence of a species over the past few years for a
particular date range ... for instance.

   I'm not into "competitive birding" - at any level (don't even
keep a life list) so I can't say if the Top-100 list is useful -
or not.
                                              - Jim in Burlington