eBird trip checklist exporter

(Browser extension)

Version 1.0.0 — 15 Dec 2021

Questions or comments?

Link to Firefox extension

Link to Chrome extension

Link to Edge extension

On an eBird trip report, this browser extension provides a way to capture the checklist URLs in your clipboard. Clicking on the “Checklists” button (just below the map) adds a new button to the end of the “Edit” pulldown menu, labeled “Copy checklist URLs” as shown in the figure below. Clicking Copy checklist URLs doesn't have a visible effect (except that the button disappears) but it places a list of the URLs of all the report checklists in your clipboard. You can then paste the list into another application that can process such a list. An example of such an application is eBird checklist compiler

This extension is only functional on trip reports that you own or that have been shared with you. Simply having a link to someone else's report is not sufficient.

FAQs

1. • Q: It doesn't work?
   • A: Your first step is to click on the “Checklists” button (just below the map). When you do this, the Checklists header will turn green and the other headers will be blue. The page will display the list of checklists, not a list of species.
2. • Q: It doesn't work?
   • A: I'm finding that some people don't understand that you actually have to install an extension, the new function is not just there by magic. For Chrome, click on the Chrome link above, then click "Add to Chrome". For Firefix, click on the Firefox link above, then click "Add to Firefox".

Why would you want this?

I feel that the absence of a provision for exporting data to another format is a real shortcoming of eBird trip reports. In particular, consolidating data from multiple trip reports, such as in preparing a Christmas Bird Count summary, is still a laborious process. Being able to capture the list of checklist URLs is a big help with such tasks.