I believe it is clear not everyone uses e-bird. Which I have found frustrating when traveling to new areas. Janet Akin
From: Carl Steckler Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 11:43 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] rare bird rant 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 Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
