Since 2011, I have been working with volunteers to upload into eBird various historic data sets of bird sightings that were already computerized at NH Audubon. The biggest one was the New Hampshire Bird Records database from 1986 to 2009 which had more than 180,000 sightings from 257 towns across the state. We completed that in 2023 and since then we have added three more data sets. Once uploaded, all those sightings still had to go through the normal eBird review process which left thousands of records flagged for review. At long last, that review process has been completed! That means the sightings are now accessible in the eBird search functions for all to see.

With any project like this there are bound to be errors. If you see something in eBird under NH Bird Records Data, that doesn’t look right, please let us know. You can email birdrecords@nhaudubon.org or me, rsuomala@nhaudubon.org.

It is very exciting to know that this data will not be lost and is now accessible to the public. A very big thank you to all the volunteers who helped with this long-running project. They put in thousands of hours to make this possible.