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eBird Hotspot Gaps Project
The eBird Hotspot Gaps project aims to increase coverage of under-birded locations across the county. Participants visit eBird hotspots on weeks with no prior visits in eBird’s historical record and submit complete checklists to eBird. Filling in these data gaps increases our knowledge of the county’s avifauna and enables analysis to be done for individual hotspots and wider areas. It could also turn up new or unexpected species for hotspots that have received less attention than they deserve.Here’s How It Works:
Weekly Email
Join the Santa Barbara County eBird Hotspot Gaps discussion group to receive the weekly email messages. Refer to the full set of instructions on the Groups.io website. Reports of interesting sightings and other reflections on the project can be sent to the discussion group email address. eBird Hotspot Gaps Group
eBird Hotspot Gaps
Click the Google Spreadsheet
to open the list of weekly
eBird Hotspot gaps
01
Every week, administrators send
out an email with a list of
Hotspot gaps for the coming
week
02
The weekly email will contain a
short summary of which
Hotspots were covered in the
past week and by whom
03
To participate, simply visit one of
the Hotspots in the given week
and submit a complete checklist
on eBird
04
A Google Spreadsheet lists the
next two weeks’ gaps and allows
participants to fill in whether
they have visited a Hotspot
