[Tweeters] eBird rare bird alerts are down -- two solutions

[Philip Dickinson]

I just received an email rare bird alert for King Co., so maybe the problem
has been resolved.

Phil Dickinson

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 7:57 AM Philip Dickinson <pdickins at gmail.com> wrote:


> Some people have told me they continue to receive alerts. I have not

> received any since 9/8, although I did receive my daily county needs alert.

>

> Phil Dickinson

>

> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 7:01 AM Steve Hampton <stevechampton at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>

>> Tweeters,

>>

>> As some of you may be aware, eBird's email notification of Rare Bird

>> Alerts has been down since about Sept 7. Yes, it couldn't come at a worse

>> time - so many birds are on the move right now.

>>

>> Two solutions:

>> 1) PLEASE POST RARITIES HERE ON TWEETERS. Old school, but always a good

>> habitat. Perhaps someone from each county can give a summary. Speaking from

>> Jefferson Co, a juv Long-tailed Jaeger was well-described from Marrowstone

>> Pt a week ago, though recent searches have just turned up the same dark

>> juvie Parasitic.

>>

>> 2) Only eBird's email function is down. The rarities are still findable

>> at *https://ebird.org/alerts <https://ebird.org/alerts>*. This will lead

>> you to your own notification settings. You can click on the blue letters

>> and get a summary from the past 7 days.

>>

>> good birding,

>>

>> --

>> Steve Hampton

>> Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)

>>

>>

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