Good Point, David. Context matters. �But generally, eBird is not the place to "report" �sightings. If one wants to spread the word about a mega-rarity, however, there are better avenues to do it, since eBird only reaches alert subscribers, and sometimes those are only via daily digests.
With BirdLog, Cornell's eBird data entry app, it's actually super easy to enter birds from the field. On the other hand, it's really easy for me just to send an email to MDBirding with my mobile device (iPhone). �Facebook is not much harder, really, than either. � I'd say they are all pretty comparable to each other.
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From: Dave Palmer <dpalmermd59...>
To: <mdbirding...>
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 9:01 PM
Subject: [MDBirding] Re: Northern Lapwing in Cordova
On Sunday, February 3, 2013 8:24:40 PM UTC-5, Patricia Wood wrote:
> It just occurred to me that the original post from someone who saw the bird went to eBird, not Facebook.� That was seen by someone who loves Facebook, and who then shared the eBird alert he'd gotten with that group.� (Yes, I wish he'd sent it here, too, but after all, he was just sharing an alert, not a sighting he'd made.)� So, we sort of owe Facebook thanks that this group got the news when it did!� Evidently, it's eBird we were "competing with" for the first news.
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> My question, based on this is:� Is it easier to post from the field to eBird, to Facebook group, or to this Google Group?� And� if one is easier than the others, why is it easier?� I have what I sometimes call a "semismart phone" that can't do much unless it's near a very good signal, so I've never tried any posting from it.� I can call up the google group and read it if I can get a signal, so I guess I could post, too; just haven't tried.� I doubt my phone would be able to deal with the graphics on either eBird or Facebook, so for me posting here would be easier.� What do others think?� Is there some trick to eBird posting or some app for Facebook that would make them accessible to a "not-an-iphone"such as I have?
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> Patricia Wood
> Silver Spring
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