Carl, You can also change your eBird settings to get alerts quicker and for more than one county. The GroupMe App for RBA alerts is terrific if you decide to set that up. Onondaga birders use it to if you want more northerly alerts. Gary
On Aug 15, 2014, at 7:45 PM, "Paul Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote: Carl: The existing RBA system is open to everyone. Details and instructions can be found on the CBC website: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/rare-bird-alert-system-for-the-cayuga-lake-basin. Enjoy! Paul > On 8/15/2014 12:00 PM, Carl Steckler wrote: > A number of birders have commented about re instituting a text based RBA > system like the one we once had that was managed by Dave Nutter. As I > understand that the old system went away because there was going to be charge > for the service. I am wondering if a similar system could be set up with a > small fee for subscription to cover the costs would readers of this list be > interested? > > Right now I either get alerts from this list via e-mail or Ebird RBA alerts > ( which are a day old). I would like to know if there is enough interest in > having an instant RBA text system again? > > If there are enough people interested I would be willing to manage the > system, but I would need the help of someone who understands this kind of > system better than I do to help get it set up. > > If you are interested please let me know by PM at [email protected] and use > "RBA Text" as the subject. > Thanks > Carl Steckler > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
