FYI-no they are not free--from Wisconsin eBird administrator " ... the fee is around $1000-1500 per year, which is covered by Wisconsin Society for Ornithology and individual interested donors. The fee itself is perhaps a bit steep but as Marshall notes it's basically partially a contribution to support eBird.
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:21:32 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote: > > Scott and Cobirds, > Here is an informed response I received from Ken Ostermiller, volunteer > eBird hotspot reviewer for Ohio. I am totally ignorant of the pros and cons > of portals, so I asked Ken what value they might hold. > Ken is an experienced and savvy eBirder and has some information about > very recent (October 7) news about eBird setting up a Colorado portal at a > cost of: > FREE. > Ken is very generous with time devoted to helping birders with things like > this. I am not sure who would take the time to set up a portal, > which seems to be a huge task. > I am a huge fan of CObirds and the CFO County Listing website and feel > that those excellent resources meet the needs of Colorado birders and > visitors. > But Scott describes how a state portal can do other tasks, so this is just > FYI. > > > from Ken Ostermiller: > > <<Hi Joe > > I looked into setting up a portal for Ohio and found that eBird needed > partners to contribute significant funding to pay for the web development > of such a portal -- I don't remember the exact amount but it was over > $10,000. I didn't see any way that would happen! > > So, instead I have worked on a web site describing all the Ohio eBird > Hotspots. > http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+Ohio > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com%2FBirding%2Bin%2BOhio&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEfAZD8UFfOuBQNfS0lpQqDFtdRpA> > > Others heard about what I had done in Ohio and I have helped set up > similar sites in Missouri, South Dakota, and New Hampshire. > > Unfortunately, the wiki service we have been using, Wikispaces, has > recently discontinued offering free wikis for non-educational use. They > will be shutting down the free wikis on November 15. *That prompted me to > discuss with Chris Wood whether we could get Cornell to set up a free wiki > based on their higher education connection. Just today they got one set up* > and I am in the process of moving three states there -- Missouri, Ohio, and > South Dakota. There is room for more states in the wiki, so if someone in > Colorado wants to set up a section on Colorado, we could do that. > > Here's a link to the new wiki -- most of the links in the state areas are > not yet active. I'm working on Barry County in Missouri next. > http://ebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/ > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Febirdhotspots.wikispaces.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEFMflU5tk-k5doDXpFvpxB2m1cNg> > > The Ohio web site is getting used by Ohio birders. I'm getting 300-400 > unique visitors each day on the site. It is good for tourism as well as > birders. > > Another birder has set up a wiki in New York. It is organized quite > differently. > http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Febirding-nys.wikispaces.com%2FBirding%2Bin%2BNew%2BYork&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHS3nb3JQeoGdACXahAnhpHxoqJdw> > > Probably more than you wanted to know! > >> > > Joe Roller, > Denver > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/64aca461-4f8e-46f0-879e-c6020f09398b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
