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=Ohio eBird Hotspots=

How to Use the BirdTrax Gadget
If you are interested in finding out which birds have been recently reported to eBird, the BirdTrax gadgets on the main page for Ohio and on each county page are extremely powerful tools. BirdTrax draws data from eBird of all the birds reported on checklists and displays it in ways that can be sorted and explored. The BirdTrax gadget on the main page for Ohio shows data for the past two weeks. The gadgets on the county pages show data for the past 30 days. There are links at the top of the gadget that allow you to view "Rarities" (the default view on the Ohio main page) or "Sightings" (the default view on the county pages.

On the "Rarities" view, a green checkmark indicates that the sighting has been reviewed and enough information has been provided to confirm the sighting. If there is no checkmark, the sighting is pending review.

There are several ways to get more information about a sighting in either the "Rarities" or "Sightings" view.

1. When you click on the "+" on the right of the bird name you see a pop-up box with more information. You can open a new page showing a Google Map of the location, an eBird Range Map showing sightings of this bird, an eBird Bar Chart, an eBird Graph, or the Checklist submitted by the birder. This works the same way on either the "Rarities" or the "Sightings" view.

2. When you click on a bird name, the BirdTrax gadget fetches all the sightings of that bird during the time period.

3. When you click on the name of a location, the Bird Trax Gadget fetches all the sightings that have been reported at that location in the time period. It lists the birds by date, showing the most recently seen first.

You can switch back and forth between the views. The gadget on the main Ohio page draws data from all over the state. The gadgets on the county pages draw data from the county.