Hi Claire, Great message. It's amazing to me how many people in the birding
community I run into who don't use ebird. It appears that we're content to
bird, but have little interest in providing valuable data, or we don't
understand how providing data informs policy decisions. Your message is
certainly one way to get the word out. Thanks, Dave
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From: "Claire Kluskens" <ckluskens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 8:31 AM
Subject: [Va-bird] How to sign up for rare bird alerts in eBird
To have rare birds sent to you by email daily by eBird:
1. Sign into eBird. (If you have not already created an account, you will
need to do this. Takes 1 minute.)
2. Hit the �Explore Data� tab.
3. Down on the right side of the page - see �Alerts� - click on that
4. Now you�re on the �Manage My Alerts� page. You have options.
5. Want to know what�s rare in Virginia? Then, under where it says �Rare
Bird Alerts� enter �Virginia� - click on �Virginia, United States (US)� when
that pops up.
6. Want the info by email? Then hit �subscribe�
You�re now all signed up.
You can easily unsubscribe from the same page at any time.
Just want it for a county? Same process, just put in the county name.
Have �needed� birds for a state or county? Do the same thing under the
�Needs Alerts� section of that page.
If any one needs help getting started with eBird, I would be glad to help
you. I have been contributing data to eBird for 10 years. Scientists need
data to inform public policies and conservation efforts that help birds. All
data is useful � whether from your backyard or some fantastic birding spot.
If you love birds, please eBird.
Please participate in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology�s Global Big Day on
Saturday, May 9, 2015. For more information, see
<http://ebird.org/globalbigday>
Claire Kluskens
Alexandria/Fairfax Co.
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