[Posted by Chuck Almdale]

I recommended yesterday that birders should watch this. I watched it myself today, and I second that recommendation. You’ll learn a lot. There are a couple of pointers under the YouTube link below.

1. Watch it on TV: If you can access YouTube through your TV set, it’ll be bigger and better. We finally found it by typing “Avian Taxonomy” into the type-in area, then picking from choices offered. If it’s of any help (it probably won’t be) here’s a link to the webinar page:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5tku8RXYHA&t=6s
2. The Q&A runs from 1:05-1:30 and is both interesting and useful, especially for those dealing with eBird and Merlin. They have a lot of suggestions pertaining to recording birdsong and submitting it to them.
3. If I understand them correctly, eBird won’t be doing the final adjustment to AviList until October, 2026.
4. But…some changes have already been done. Among them are the Warbling Vireo split I mentioned a few days ago. All your eBird Warbling Vireo sightings will have to be corrected as to which Vireo you saw.
5. They’ve made this easy for you with a list of all sightings affected by splits, which they discuss starting around time 1:03. Each sighting in the report is linked to which trip(s) list you reported it in. Click the link, correct the name, and you’re done for that sighting. You have to do that for each sighting, but you won’t have to comb through 2,357 trip lists to find them.
6. How to get there: 1. Sign into eBird > Click “My eBird” in lower left > Under “Manage My” on left, click “Download my Data > Click “Request personalized Taxonomy Report” > You’ll get a little pop-up message saying “Success. Your request has been submitted.” > Check your email, open your “Your Personalized Taxonomy Report is Here!” > click the big link > read the report and fix your split birds.
7. I’m not entirely sure all the splits are in there yet. The only bird on my fix-it-list was a Hairy Woodpecker with 2 sightings. But then again, I don’t keep my life list on eBird, but on Scythebill.