This is, of course, not the the world's first interactive
data-storage site for birders.

http://birdnotes.net since about 1997
http://www.ebird.org/content/ since about 2001

Granted, neither of these has a world wide focus, but they
probably both have finer resolution and would be of more use to
regional birders....

> """" As valued clients, associates or long time friends, we'd like to
> introduce you to a new way of birding life on the world-wide web.
> The Bird Index (http://www.thebirdindex.com) is the world's very first
> interactive data-storage site for birders. The primary function of
> The Bird Index is to store, manage, analyse and generate birdlists
> (triplists and hitlists). This is a way of rapidly assessing what you have
> seen, where and when and what you need in a new destination country.


--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
celata at pacifier.com

A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

-Neltje Blanchan

http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html