Hello all, Recently the birdinghotspots.org website added NYS as a portal. The site currently hosts 38 states plus the District of Columbia and includes other locations outside the United States. The site is updated automatically with new hotspots daily and is an excellent place for finding detailed descriptions supplied by editors and visitors to the website. Each hotspot includes the following sections:
- Tips for Birding - Birds of Interest - About this location - Notable Trails There are additional checkboxes for 'Restrooms on site', 'Wheelchair accessible trail', 'Roadside viewing', and 'Entrance fee' and there's a dedicated place for displaying a map and a section for links related to the hotspot. - Editors are welcome as there are currently two for NYS. One of the editors, Ann Johnson, has created videos that are aimed at helping birders use Birding Hotspots. See her webpage at: - https://ajendeavors.com/Extras/BirdingHotspots.aspx Two birders are responsible for Birding Hotspots: Ken Ostermiller < ken.ostermil...@gmail.com> created the site and Adam Jackson has done a fantastic job producing the code for the project. Anyone can make suggestions by clicking on the 'Suggest Edit' link below each of the hotspot names. You can also upload photos for each hotspot including habitat images which can be used for the hotspot's banner. - Take a look at the NYS portal here: https://birdinghotspots.org/region/US-NY - Here's an example of a recently added location that has been fleshed out for 'Chittenden Overlook, Hudson Heights (W 186th-187th St.) <https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L22353081>'. On each hotspot page: - you can view the hotspot's 'Overview' by clicking the icon displaying the # of species - get directions via Google Maps - access links to eBird by clicking on the 'eBird Links' icon which has several sections: - *Explore in eBird* — Illustrated Checklist, Recent Visits & Hotspot Map - *Bar Charts* — Year and Seasons - *My eBird* — Location Life List & Submit Data -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
