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Neat! I've never noticed that little box before, or what it was for. Thanks, Ian ......... Quoting Kent McFarland <[log in to unmask]>: > I did indeed accidentally grab the wrong record. The latest is Oct 8 in > Rutland for the state in Vermont eBird. The link to the latest record for > the state is below for all species. You can easily get the arrival and > departure dates for Vermont, or anywhere actually, from this tool. The > mistake I made was to check off the box that says - All-time records. You > can think of all time records as the first record or last record ever put > in the database for a given species. If you want the arrival or departure > date for a species, you leave this box unchecked. The whole help article > for this tool is found here: > http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1010558-can-i-view-arrivals-departures-or-high-counts-for-a-species-in-my-region- > > Here is the link to the latest departure date through 2012 in the eBird > database. Sorry for the confusion. I hope you all try out this cool tool. > > http://ebird.org/ebird/sightings?locInfo.regionType=subnational1&locInfo.regionCode=US-VT&continuous=false&beginYear=1879&endYear=2012&listType=last > > Kent > > ____________________________ > > Kent McFarland > Vermont Center for Ecostudies > PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055 > 802.649.1431 x2 > > [image: VCE Logo] <http://www.vtecostudies.org/> > Visit Our Pages: [image: > Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vermont-Center-for-Ecostudies/56930912454> > [image: > YouTube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/VCE14> [image: > Blogger]<http://vtecostudies.blogspot.com/> > > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Ian A. Worley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Kent points out that the last report for a hummingbird in the state was at >> our home here on the southern end of Snake Mountain in Cornwall last year >> on September 29th. We have never had hummingbird feeders. But we do have >> lots of flowers .. flowering shrubs, perennials, and annuals. My note for >> the hummingbird that day was "feeding on garden flower." Actually, our >> latest date here at home is October 2nd in 2011 (the note reads "in and >> around gardens") >> >> The eBird "Last Sighting" product actually lists the "most >> recently-submitted record" in eBird for the time period requested -- not >> the latest date in any year the bird has been observed. So Kent requested >> the years 1879-2012. And indeed, in that time period the last time [not >> the latest calendar date for the period] a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was >> reported was September 29th, 2012. So, if you run a query of the years >> 1879-2013 this morning, the latest record ["the most recently-submitted >> record"] for the species is yesterday (yea Maeve!). >> >> The easiest, but usually cumbersome, way to find a latest in the year >> record is to use the distribution map for the species. A look at >> October-December map for Ruby-throated Hummingbird reveals nine other early >> October observations scattered around the state as far back as 1973 >> (October 8th) to 2011 (October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th), and none for November or >> December. Only three of the observations have annotations for where the >> bird was: two report garden flowers, one reports feeder. The latest in the >> year recently mapped October observation is from David Baird in Rutland on >> October 8th of 2009. >> >> (Another way to look for the all-time latest-in-the-year date would be to >> run the "Last Sighting" product for each year, one at a time, keeping track >> of the dates. For some species this is more convenient than using the map, >> especially if you are interested in only a few years ... such as the last >> 10 years. It is also more convenient when the species is very abundant in >> the beginning of a month but is all gone by the end of the month ... since >> you can only produce maps based on whole months.) >> >> Ian >> ==============================**== >> On 9/15/2013 9:39 PM, Kent McFarland wrote: >> >>> With all the hummingbird chatter I thought I'd give a link to the Vermont >>> eBird data for the last 5 years. You can see there is some annual >>> variation >>> and that we still have a bit of time with our tiny feathered jewels. >>> http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/**GuideMe?src=changeDate&**speciesCodes=rthhum& >>> **getLocations=states&states=US-**VT&parentState=US-VT&** >>> reportType=species&monthRadio=**on&bMonth=08&eMonth=11&bYear=** >>> 2009&eYear=2013&yearOptions=**separateYears&continue.x=55&** >>> continue.y=13&continue=**Continue<http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/GuideMe?src=changeDate&speciesCodes=rthhum&getLocations=states&states=US-VT&parentState=US-VT&reportType=species&monthRadio=on&bMonth=08&eMonth=11&bYear=2009&eYear=2013&yearOptions=separateYears&continue.x=55&continue.y=13&continue=Continue> >>> >>> It appears that Ian Worley holds the Vermont eBird record of Sept 29, 2012 >>> as the latest reported date for them. You can see the latest dates for all >>> species at >>> http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/**sightings?locInfo.regionType=** >>> subnational1&locInfo.**regionCode=US-VT&continuous=** >>> true&beginYear=1879&endYear=**2012&listType=last<http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/sightings?locInfo.regionType=subnational1&locInfo.regionCode=US-VT&continuous=true&beginYear=1879&endYear=2012&listType=last> >>> >>> I highly encourage everyone to put in their hummingbird sightings, and in >>> fact all bird sightings, so we can all have the benefit of examining data >>> like this! >>> >>> Best, >>> Kent >>> >>> ____________________________ >>> >>> Kent McFarland >>> Vermont Center for Ecostudies >>> PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055 >>> 802.649.1431 x2 >>> >>> [image: VCE Logo] <http://www.vtecostudies.org/> >>> Visit Our Pages: [image: >>> Facebook]<http://www.facebook.**com/pages/Vermont-Center-for-** >>> Ecostudies/56930912454<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vermont-Center-for-Ecostudies/56930912454> >>> > >>> [image: >>> YouTube] >>> <http://www.youtube.com/user/**VCE14<http://www.youtube.com/user/VCE14>> >>> [image: >>> Blogger]<http://vtecostudies.**blogspot.com/<http://vtecostudies.blogspot.com/> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Pat Folsom <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> Still have one in Waitsfield >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Alison Wagner <[log in to unmask]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've been seeing two every day for the past few days. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Courtney Appleyard >>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 1:16 PM >>>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>>> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Hummers >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Saw 5 at once here on Friday pm - slower today (though at least 3 still >>>>> I >>>>> believe) - sad to see them go! >>>>> >>>>> Courtney in Manchester >>>>> >>>>> >