Avery Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 5 minutes ago, neilpa said: Yup. I’ve been on my county’s RBA What’s App group for about half a year but wouldn’t say it’s that secret. Definitely an upgrade over the daily eBird email alerts (that always seem to lag and aren’t really daily anymore). Someone should compile a list of count/area bird lists. I have like three different apps for different areas for bird alerts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 8 minutes ago, Avery said: Someone should compile a list of count/area bird lists. I have like three different apps for different areas for bird alerts. Yeah, I'm on 4 different platforms for RBA messages. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Avery said: Someone should compile a list of count/area bird lists. I have like three different apps for different areas for bird alerts. Michigan has created a Discord for the entire state with channels for various counties and/or regions with their own RBA and Chat channel. They also have statewide RBA, photos, chat, general, etc. It is awesome so far. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 16 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: Yeah, I'm on 4 different platforms for RBA messages. I’m only on the ebird alert one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, IKLland said: I’m only on the ebird alert one! I'd assume you don't know about the California Birding List Digest then? Rare bird alerts get sent out much faster on here than that do on ebird. I probably check this list around twenty to thirty times a day. http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=index;days_ago=0;region=2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 minutes ago, Aidan B said: I'd assume you don't know about the California Birding List Digest then? Rare bird alerts get sent out much faster on here than that do on ebird. I probably check this list around twenty to thirty times a day. I get e-mails from the Audubon NVBIRDS listserv. The only issue is most of the people posting to it are from Reno. I feel like that Southern California one would probably have more reasonable day trips. I haven't been to California in over two years, and gas is a bit expensive right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 News article: https://ebird.org/news/important-changes-to-exotic-species-in-ebird It appears eBird has made some changes to exotic species to change how escapees and other non-naturalized populations are displayed in various parts of eBird as well as how they count towards list totals. To answer the question from a few months ago, escapees will no longer count towards your life lists soon. (This won't stop people from doing other sleazy things just to appear at the top of the county list, however.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 I am on 4 RBA alerts. I was at six, but after my trip to NY, I got rid of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 6 hours ago, Zoroark said: News article: https://ebird.org/news/important-changes-to-exotic-species-in-ebird It appears eBird has made some changes to exotic species to change how escapees and other non-naturalized populations are displayed in various parts of eBird as well as how they count towards list totals. To answer the question from a few months ago, escapees will no longer count towards your life lists soon. (This won't stop people from doing other sleazy things just to appear at the top of the county list, however.) Let me know if I’m reading the article wrong, but on the checklist that I submitted a Mandarin Duck, it has the escapee symbol and the article says escapees do not count towards eBird totals. Yet, Mandarin Duck still shows up on my life list on eBird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 2 hours ago, IKLland said: Let me know if I’m reading the article wrong, but on the checklist that I submitted a Mandarin Duck, it has the escapee symbol and the article says escapees do not count towards eBird totals. Yet, Mandarin Duck still shows up on my life list on eBird. This recent update doesn’t take escapes of peoples life lists. That will happen later in the year. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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