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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maffong" data-source="post: 3310883" data-attributes="member: 109113">I'm not sure, if this is the correct forum, please move it, if another one fits better.I'm using HBW Alive on a very regular basis, but only with a basic membership so far. However I've wondered if anybody with the supporting membership is using the My Birding feature. Is it easy to use? Do you find it to be helpful? Are there other websites, that are better for list keeping? I've heard of Bubo.org, but never used it so far. Having a quick look at it, it seems to me that the My birding features will soon surpass this website, in addition to just looking more modern and easier to use. However as I said, I don't really know the website.Does anybody know which other websites will be compatible with the My birding feature (so far only BirdBase it seems)? The ornitho family (ornitho.de, etc.) would be very nice for this!On another note: How are the country lists in HBW Alive generated? E.g. for germany 459 species are displayed, officially 529 species have been recorded (Club300.de). It seems that many vagrants are excluded, but I can't see the the pattern here. For example I just came back from a trip to Peru. The field guide from 2010 still lists Southern Lapwing as very rare, with but a handful of sightings, HBW Alive doesn't even include it in their country list. However I just saw 5 birds there and other trip reports also mention them. Furthermore, what classifies a bird as a vagrant and when is it considered a very rare migrant?A lot of questions, I know. But maybe someone knows some answers?!CheersMaffong</blockquote>

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