Carl,
You can also change your eBird settings to get alerts quicker and for more than
one county.
The GroupMe App for RBA alerts is terrific if you decide to set that up.
Onondaga birders use it to if you want more northerly alerts.
Gary
On Aug 15, 2014, at 7:45 PM, Paul Anderson
A number of birders have commented about re instituting a text based RBA
system like the one we once had that was managed by Dave Nutter. As I
understand that the old system went away because there was going to be
charge for the service. I am wondering if a similar system could be set
up with
Carl,
Perhaps I am not understanding the question correctly, but the current RBA
system is, in fact, a text-based system. Although there is a website and a
smartphone app for it, you don't need those to use the service (correct me if
I'm wrong), and it sends instant text messages just like
