Dear Birders,
There is a world of birding info out there out there. For those of you who
would like to receive your own eBird Virginia Rare Bird Alert, it is only a
couple of clicks away from landing in your inbox every morning.
Simply go to eBIrd http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ and click on "My eBird” then ;
scroll down the right side to: “Manage My Alerts” and click that. You will then
be on a page where you can select Virginia and or any number of states
(including the entire ABA Area) and have the alerts emailed to you daily. Very
easy even for a Luddite like me. I get them for VA, NC and MD. You can change
them at any time if you’re traveling to other states (as I did recently in NM
and TX).
Also, under the “Explore Data” page, the new "Explore a Region" section is
wonderful! You just enter an area such as Richmond, VA and it will give you all
the top Hot Spots, the latest sightings and top listers. Just a bit of
exploring around eBird can bring you a wealth of information.
And I would be remiss not to mention Facebook. Sometimes the first postings and
information on rare and unusual bird sightings hit Facebook before the list
serves. Check out Birding Virginia:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/456751061044163/ or the ABA Mid-Atlantic page: ;
https://www.facebook.com/groups/722057611173718/ or the ABA Rare Bird Alert ;
Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/ and Carolina Birders might be ;
of interest to many of you:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/carolinabirders/753047218104220/?notif_t=like ;
There are other birding oriented groups on Facebook, just have a look around to
see what interests you.
I hope this information is helpful. I am not particularly technologically
inclined, but these are some of the resources that have helped me to find some
very good birds (and hopefully many more) and I wanted to share this with those
of you who might not know about them.
Cheers,
R. Bruce Richardson
Manns Harbor, NC
Global Citizen
