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How to upload a bird's photo onto the website

• STEP 1. LOG IN to the website
• STEP 2. OPEN THE UPLOAD PAGE

  for which you need just to click on the button
  
  After that the “Add a photo” page will open.

• STEP 3. UPLOAD A PHOTO

  By clicking , button choose a photo you want to upload from your computer. After that the photo will be displayed on the page.

  

  * Keep in mind that when you upload an original photo it will automatically be cut and reduced to the size 700х524.

  * The photo may not be more than 5 Mb.

  * If you want your photo to be displayed in the way you like, it must be landscape orientation and roughly proportional to 700х524. Any image editor can manage to cut a photo.

  Then click the button to go to the next step.

  Wait until your photo is uploaded onto the website, after which you will automatically be brought to the next step.

• STEP 4. SPECIFY THE RECORD DATE

  By clicking the button in the emerging window open the calendar and choose the record date or the date you took the photo of the bird.
  Click the button to continue.

• STEP 5. SPECIFY THE BIRD’S LOCATION

  You can opt for one of the two ways to specify the location you observed the bird:

  • Option 1. Provide coordinates in decimal degrees.
  • Option 2. Google Map. You can mark the bird’s location using available Google Map instruments, such as zooming, drag-and-drop and others. As soon as you find the location of your observations, you need just to click on this point on the map. After that you will see a mark and coordinates in a window on the top.
  
  

  

  * Remember that to provide an accurate location is scienctifically important, since it would help us specify the species’ range in future.

  All you are to do now is type the name of the location in a bottom window and click the button

• STEP 6. SPECIFY THE BIRD’S SPECIES

  If you cannot identify the bird or are uncertain about its species, just click the button and your photo will automatically be forwarded to the “To be identified” section, where our experts will identify the species. "На определение"

  If you know the species, you need enter a key word or the first letters of its name, press the button and choose the right name from a list. If you have done everything correctly, you will see the name in a window next to the word “Species:”.

  

  All you have to do now is click the button to complete the uploading of the photograph onto the main page. главную страницу

  * Keep in mind that throughout the uploading you can see your photo with current information displayed on the right side of the window. This enables you to re-check the data you are uploading.

  Congratulations! You have uploaded your first photo!