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There is also a Facebook group for discussing eBird features. As for the situation mentioned above, this may be due to people not submitting lists or reviewing may just be delayed. Thanks, Brad On Fri, Feb 27, 2015, 11:44 Carl Steckler <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, here is the problem I have with eBiird. I just checked for sightings > in New York State and the only sighting listed was from Dave Nutter on Feb > 22. Nothing since then. I get eBird alerts for Seneca and Cayuga county. > What I get are Chipping Sparrow, no Gyrfalcon. Granted eBird is great for > collecting data, but for alerting birders to rare birds it is, pardon the > expression, for the birds. > Maybe I am doing something wrong in my eBird settings, but it is not clear > to me, and if it not clear it is not useful. > > Now if only someone could help me get on the local alert net I would be > grateful. > > > Carl > > > On 2/27/2015 10:31, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: > > The great part of using eBird as Bob does is that rare bird sightings > output to all users that have the rare bird / needs alert notifications > setup in their account. No extra work involved and potentially reaching > more observers than the text alert system. I highly recommend using BirdLog > NA for all your sightings! > The RBA system still has the advantage of immediacy reaching flip phones, > but can detract from the personal experience just a little. I don't feel > the same loss when using BirdLog and will advocate that others try it and > judge for themselves. > This comes from a dedicated notebook user. > > Gary > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <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/ --
