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Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 May 2013 09:24:26 -0400
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I recognize that not everyone likes all the new social media. But if you're
birding in northwestern Ohio any time between now and May 13, you can get
instantaneous alerts about bird sightings throughout the Magee Marsh area
and the surrounding region by following @BiggestWeek on Twitter.  Already
this morning there have been "tweets" (as they're called) from several
sites, with locations of Mourning, Hooded, Wilson's, Yellow-throated, and
several other warblers, plus Bobolinks, Purple Finches, American Woodcock,
concentrations of Bald Eagles, and so on.  None of these are worthy of rare
bird alerts on a statewide level, but many of them would be of interest if
you happened to be half a mile away and you could go to look at them.
 (They also might be of interest if you're at a distance and just curious
about what's being seen.)

If you're in the area and can't or don't want to subscribe to Twitter, you
can see a feed of the most recent sightings displayed on large monitors at
Black Swamp Bird Observatory and at the Lodge at Maumee Bay State Park,
festival headquarters for the Biggest Week In American Birding.

Good birding, everyone!
Kenn Kaufman
Oak Harbor, OH

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