There are some-at least in Northeast Ohio that are very good about this...not me. I am a Facebooker. I do not have a smartphone for quick posts
Kimba J
Summit
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From: Paul Hurtado <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Posting of Bird Sightings
Andy Sewell is 100% correct that what's really needed is more frequent
cross-posting between online venues, and that something like a Rare Bird
Alert would be ideal for this.
Alternatively, we could also spread the work out a bit, so multiple
volunteers collect and share all that information! Making them public is
one issue, but I have yet to find a "quick" way to browse some of these
forums, so we really do need active members to share more.
My suggestion: 2-3 committed volunteers from these different Facebook
groups, Flickr groups, and other websites like cincinnatibirds.com,
rarebird.org, etc. and have those volunteers be in charge of "officially"
cross posting noteworthy birds to this email list.
To make that happen, it would be great to have someone coordinate these
volunteers -- maybe someone from OOS, BSBO, etc. could do this?
All that would be needed is 1) to first compile a list of these different
online forums, and perhaps put it up on the web somewhere "official"; and
(2) to maintain a current list of volunteers that work together to make
sure "good" birds on these different forums are mentioned on Ohio-Birds in
a timely manner. Volunteers just need to alert the Ohio-Birds email list
of noteworthy birds ASAP.
Thoughts? I'd be happy to be one of the cross-posters for the Central Ohio
Birders facebook groups -- it'd be great to have 2-3 people per forum, just
to keep the information flowing ;-)
Good birding,
-Paul Hurtado,
Columbus, OH
PS: 3 Black-crowned Night Herons were still along the river north of the
Scioto-Audubon center in Columbus this morning. See eBird.org -> Explore
Data -> Range and Point Maps, for details.
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Kimberly Warner <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Margaret I agree with you I love EBIRD
> KIM
> On Feb 17, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Margaret Bowman wrote:
>
> > I think that the FB Rare Birds page is just that - for rare birds, only.
> That keeps it from becoming too "busy". I am also a member of the Central
> Ohio Birds and Birding Ohio FB pages, but these are primarily for posting
> photos, not for rare bird sightings. With the fast-growing popularity of
> bird photography, sometimes a post on one of the sites gets "lost" pretty
> quickly.
> >
> > I still try to post anything that I think would interest the "twitchers"
> or listers on both this listserv and on the FB Ohio Rare Birds site. If it
> is not something particularly unusual, I may post a note on the Central
> Ohio Birds. And, I am a strong advocate of using eBird to record all
> sightings, not just rarities, despite occasional attempts to sabotage or
> discredit that source. When I travel, I nearly always check eBird when I'm
> looking for a particular species. More often than not, I do find what I'm
> seeking, for example red-cockaded woodpecker in Louisiana last fall. Each
> source of information has its strengths and weaknesses, and I find that by
> monitoring FB, this listserv, and eBird, I keep in touch with what's going
> on in Ohio's birding community. But then, I'm retired, so I have the time.
> >
> > Margaret Bowman
> > Licking Co., OH
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Ken Andrews
> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 12:16 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Posting of Bird Sightings
> >
> > I belong to two Flickr Groups that often have uncommon bird postings.
> Most
> > photographers are willing to share location information through the
> comments
> > or through Flickr Mail.
> >
> > Ohio Birds Group
> > Ohio Nature Photographers Group
> >
> > I do like the Ohio Hotsports/BirdTrax webpage for Ohio. Really nice.
> > I also use the eBird Range and Point Maps if I am looking for a specific
> bird.
> >
> >
> > I am not a Facebook member. But, I can view the two pages Jen listed:
> > Rare Bird Alert and Birding Ohio
> >
> > Are these two pages more active in the spring? There doesn't seem to be a
> > lot of activity for the winter.
> >
> >
> > Ken
> >
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Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, http://ael.osu.edu/
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