BBC Field Records Project

For many years, the club engaged in a project to import our historic field card data into eBird. Our archive of about 10,000 cards dating back to 1926 might be unique in North America.

Initially, club statistician David Scott worked with a team of volunteers to import much of this data. During the first few years we completed about two-thirds of the work, including most trips dating back to the late 1960s.

More recently, we have worked with ornithologist and eBird reviewer Dan Scheiman, who has a passion for importing historic records into eBird. He has entered all our trip reports from 1930 up to the mid-60s, as well as filling in the gaps from more recent years, adding thousands of checklists to the club’s eBird account.

If you have a collection of old notebooks, trip lists, or any type of paper or digital records that you would like imported into your eBird account, then we highly recommend hiring Dan. He’ll work quickly and efficiently to bring your eBird lists up to date. Contact Dan at birddan@comcast.net.

To learn more about the BBC Field Record Card Project contact David Scott at dscott@brooklinebirdclub.org.