Thanks Diana. I will check it out and see if it works for me. John R
On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 7:05:42 PM UTC-6, Diana Beatty wrote: > > John, you may want to set up an eBird rare bird alert for your county on > your account. When you login from a computer, click on My eBird, and > scroll down until on the lower right you see Manage My Alerts. Click on > that. Type in your county on the Rare Bird Alerts and/or Needs Alerts and > other counties desired. As you enter each one, you click Subscribe. You > will then get messages to the e-mail of your eBird account whenever an > eBird report is made - so it won't be months later, but rather will be > quite timely. > > Diana Beatty > El Paso County > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 6:49 PM John Rawinski <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Yes thank you Joe and all who contributed their time to keeping the RBA >> current, and easy to use. It was a concise summation of birds happening in >> our State. Even though I rarely chase any more, it was so helpful to know >> what was being seen around the State. >> >> During the pandemic, I took it upon myself to become more familiar with >> eBird. I am getting better, but not so much as using it as a rare bird >> alert yet. I think things will fall through the cracks for me. If someone >> posts on our cobirds messages, I may see it. But if someone posts something >> in my area that is rare on eBird, I will likely not know about it until >> maybe weeks after. Guess I will hope folks will continue to use cobirds as >> a forum for bird observation and discussion. >> >> Changing times for sure...stay well friends. >> >> John Rawinski >> Monte Vista, CO >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 9:26:00 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote: >>> >>> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared >>> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or >>> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of >>> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places >>> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes. >>> >>> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile >>> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to >>> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by >>> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join >>> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA >>> is over now. >>> >>> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of >>> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who >>> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting >>> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the >>> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado. >>> >>> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in >>> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an >>> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union >>> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list >>> to let them know!" >>> >>> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't >>> know. >>> >>> In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue >>> beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of >>> Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at >>> www.ebird.org/alerts) >>> >>> The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a >>> checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org) >>> >>> On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing >>> us to share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding! >>> >>> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/cec31da6-0a35-4282-9bf7-a9542d4c903f%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/cec31da6-0a35-4282-9bf7-a9542d4c903f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ****** > > All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the > old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. > > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7b2bd622-c3fe-4dc7-bcac-c8e35194b4d1%40googlegroups.com.
