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Message: <blockquote data-quote="njlarsen" data-source="post: 3310910" data-attributes="member: 7427">Maffong, a couple of comments: 1) if you choose to use the "my observations" part of HBW alive, then you also need to be aware that you become married to the Birdlife taxonomy. That might end up being a significant drawback in the long run. 2) If I were to upload my observations anywhere, I would also want them to become valuable for citizen science as much as possible. For that reason, I have chosen Ebird.org as the only online site where I upload. I know you have traveled in the Americas, so Ebird would be a good option for you as well I would say. (and it is free)3) Ebird uses the Clements/ebird taxonomy, so wouldn't that also be restrictive? Well, I combine it with the program Scythebill that lives on my computer. This is a free program that includes taxonomy for both Clements and IOC, so in that way, you have the choice on a daily basis. I have been really impressed with the responsiveness of Adam to proposals and questions I have had regarding this program. The integration with ebird happens in the way that each list you enter can be exported in ebird format, and each list you have in ebird can be imported into Scythebill. Hope this helpsNiels</blockquote>