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

[Doug Santoni]

Penny — I agree with you about the value of knowing that an unusual bird is no longer present.

Also, one has to be careful in looking a e-bird postings, because although the postings will show the date of the sighting, the e-mails are sometimes sent days after the sighting actually occurred.  When a rare Ross’ Gull showed up in Seattle a few years ago, and was eaten by a Bald Eagle within hours of its initial appearance, e-bird sightings continued to roll in for many days afterwards.  (Not only was that bird gone, it was dead!!).  I guess people are not always timely in their submissions, but it does create some confusion when those e-mails appear.

Doug Santoni
Seattle, WA


> On Sep 14, 2023, at 8:14 AM, Penny L Koyama <plkoyama at comcast.net> wrote:

> 

> Another thing I like about Tweeters is that people often post when they DON’T see a bird, sometimes indicating that it is gone from that area. 

> 

> Something that’s annoying about eBird is when there are 40 postings on the same bird on the same day. I do love it, though, for using on Birders Dashboard with recent sightings and directions via Google Maps!

> Penny Koyama,

> 

> Sent from my iPhone

> 

>> On Sep 13, 2023, at 10:58 PM, Greg <gjpluth at gmail.com> wrote:

>> 

>> Concur! Tweeter’s share!

>> Greg Pluth

>> University Place

>> 

>> Sent from my iPhone

>> 

>>> On Sep 13, 2023, at 9:15 PM, Hal Opperman <hal at catharus.net> wrote:

>>> 

>>> Thank you Bob for this pertinent reminder that Tweeters is a good place to share real-time updates of rarities sightings.

>>> 

>>> Here’s another reminder. Not every Tweeters subscriber is active on eBird, which receives a great share of the initial rarity sighting reports. With that in mind, a Tweeters update that “…the Fork-tailed Flycatcher is still being seen this morning” will be way more useful if it goes on to say “…at Bassett Park in Washtucna.”and points to eBird for further details.

>>> 

>>> That would be one I might even chase! 

>>> 

>>> Good birding!

>>> 

>>> Hal Opperman

>>> Seattle

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> I’ll take this occasion to add another reminder. Not every Tweeters subscriber is also active on eBird, where a great share of the initial rarities reports occur. 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Good birding!

>>> 

>>> Hal Opperman

>>> Seattle, WA

>>> 

>>> 

>>>>> On Sep 13, 2023, at 10:12 AM, Bob Flores <rflores_2 at msn.com> wrote:

>>>> 

>>>> Yes post to tweeters! Ebird is a research tool not real conducive to birding. It is a good tool do not get me wrong but it is not timely or when misidentified birds are listed all too long. Tweeters although not perfect does allow quicker posting, ability to interact with the poster and timelier confirmation of a rare bird. My 2 cents. Happy birding!

>>>> 

>>>> Bob Flores 

>>>> Duluth, WA

>>>> 

>>>>>> On Sep 11, 2023, at 07:01, 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. 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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