Hi Caleb, thank you for thinking of us new to birding and cobirds!! I had been able to navigate my option for notifications. What I am struggling with now is finding a good list of rare birds, which I thought would be easy, but I haven't been successful. I imagine that it changes by season and areas, so that it would be pretty extensive. I was surprised to see the redheaded woodpecker being reported here. We saw one at Boyd Lake, Larimer County last Wednesday, and can confirm it with a photo. However, I didn't do a checklist at the time, so is it still of value 5 days later? I did take and pass the ebird essentials online. Are there other free resources to learn more? We just spent a wad on a DSLR camera. Thanks for your help. Bev Head
On Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 3:22:31 PM UTC-6, Caleb A wrote: > > Hello, CObirders! > I know there has already been much discussion about the end of the cobirds > RBA, so I won't bog this post down with more of that. Instead, I hope to > make it as easy as possible for this entire community of birders to use > ebird's RBA email system. One last note before I get into it: something > that has personally helped me is getting in contact with other local > birders and joining "text RBA" that way. It's not comprehensive, of course, > but just another fun way to interact with the birding community while > finding great birds! > > Step-by-step to set up HOURLY ebird email alert: > > 1) On your ebird homepage, click on the "Explore" tab in the upper-left > side of the the screen: > > [image: rba1.jpg] > 2) Scroll down a little and click on the "Alerts" button found below the > "Bar Charts" button: > > [image: rba2.jpg] > 3) Once in that menu, you can type in whatever region you would like to > get reports for. Since this is CObirds, I've typed the state of Colorado as > the region in the screenshot: > > [image: rba3.jpg] > 4) Once you click the green "Subscribe" button, you should be redirected > to a page that looks something like this: > > [image: rba4.jpg] > 5) If you only want to subscribe to a daily RBA, then that is the default > setting, and you're done! However, the daily RBA may lead to you missing > reports that occur in the middle of the day and don't show up until the > next morning. To prevent missing any birds, you can change the settings to > receive hourly RBA. To do this, hit the change button with a little pencil > and paper icon next to it: > > [image: rba5.jpg] > That opens a pop up that looks like this: > > [image: rba6.jpg] > You can change this to be daily or hourly. Click "Save" and you're done! > Hope this helps for anyone new to ebird! It's a great website, but > sometimes their features aren't super easy to figure out. > *The birds are happy, and so am I* > *~Caleb Alons, Larimer County* > -- 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/fca51784-409c-4998-bf9d-0a4af6161529%40googlegroups.com.
