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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]