u/Psychological_Sale84

I have reached 39-40 birds on my life list.

I mainly use merlin - but after seeing theres a difference in the lists one can send - i tried making a stationary observation list in e bird and sending it in. i saw there was several people with less species and or 0 lists - that is added to the top 100 on e bird in my area. how come?

i don’t understand any of this. it’s not a big deal for me personally, but i would like to understand.

1. how does that top 100 work?

2. what is sent from merlin to ebird when sync ins activated? do i need to save? do i need to hit “this is my bird?”

3. what’s the difference between the lists and why?

incomplete, complete, stationary vs not, life list, incidental?

i would appreciate if anyone would help me understand this.