Birding offers many opportunities to participate in Citizen Science, where non-scientists can do research or make observations and record them on different data bases. Some of the programs are listed below....
is a free program at Cornell that offers great opportunities to contribute information and keep your own records, charts, maps, etc. for your specified locations. You will need to create a password. (See the eBird page on this website)
lets you contribute your SD sightings to the state data base, and allows for the creation of personalized county sighting maps by date. The site is free, but you need to create a password. (this can be done through eBird also)