Supporting members of HBW Alive are just one step away from being able to import their data from BirdTrack, eBird, Ornitho, BirdBase and personal Excel sheets into My Birding.
The imported data is grouped into birdlists, with their respective sightings, and users can easily aggregate a group of new birdlists into a trip, so the material is better arranged and it is easier to look for information and make useful queries.
As different systems follow different taxonomic classifications, in the case that an imported species doesn't match one in the HBW Alive taxonomy, suggestions will be given so that it can be corrected. More information is provided in the “Get the most out of My Birding” section below.
Our idea isn’t that subscribers should switch from these other projects to come to ours, but rather we are trying to create a system that permits subscribers to use their data in multiple platforms, so that people can fulfil different interests at the same time. So, we encourage subscribers to use their data to participate in citizen science projects, while also having these data in My Birding. Like this, the users’ records can be more easily managed and produce richer information at the personal level, and be closely linked with all of the knowledge and materials available in HBW Alive and the IBC.
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