<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" color="#073763">I'm forwarding this invite from LA Birders, who have hosted some really great webinars since Covid hit, many applicable to birding far and wide. These are streamed live on YouTube and then posted on their YouTube site a few days later. </font><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Webinar: eBird Best Practices for Los Angeles and Beyond</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With Justyn Stahl</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, March 15, 2022 7:00 PM <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbAhQTFVaeowMCl-sD2e0g" target="_blank">on YouTube</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">As of late February 2022, Los Angeles County has produced over 431,000 complete eBird checklists, making it the platform's most active county-level region in the world. With a growing number of new eBirders, it is important for active users to understand and employ eBird’s best practices — not only to improve your data but also to guide others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This presentation will discuss how to improve the quality of your data: choosing the best location, which protocol is appropriate, how to correct distance, how to best document rarities, and why we encourage you to share lists on group outings. We’ll pull back the curtain on the review process and explain filters and why birds and counts get flagged. We’ll go over media uploading, and how to make your photos and audio more valuable with media tags and ratings. We will also discuss how to explore the eBird database and find new places to go, and the differences between the eBird app and the website itself.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The free Cornell La</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">b course </span><a href="https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/product/ebird-essentials/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">eBird Essentials</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> should be viewed prior to this talk, especially for those new to and/or unfamiliar with eBird.</span></p></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(7,55,99)">good birding, </div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4" color="#073763"><span></span>Steve Hampton<span></span></font></div><div>Port Townsend, WA  (<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">qatáy</span>)</div></div><br><div><font color="#073763"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div></div>