All,
With regard to the wealth of alerts today, please also note that the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) has begun and is now fully integrated with eBird. This is a wonderful program that raises awareness and recruits many new birders. However, note that, as with all of us when we were beginning, there will be a lot of honest mistakes. Please keep that in mind with chasing rare birds this week, and please also keep up a positive and welcoming attitude in any dealings with new eBirders/GBBC folks.
(By the way, the Trumpeter Swan report has photos and is good! Awesome.)
Good birding!
Bill
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> From: Jim Moore <epiphenomenon9...>
>To: <mdbirding...>
>Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 3:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [MDBirding] eBird rarities for Maryland
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>Wanted to clarify that the only sighting that is from TODAY (Sunday) that Gail mentioned is of the Trumpeter Swan. I had assumed otherwise when I first read her post. In any event, I second Gail's request that members of this list still post notable sightings on this list first--though I'm not complaining about any sighting or report now appearing on the alerts. Setting eBird alerts to hourly (rather than daily) can be a pain � they can clog your inbox especially when there are multiple reports of the same bird being submitted throughout the day. And there's certainly no need to subscribe to them unless you want to twitch (i.e. chase) rare birds, which I find myself doing less and less/./
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>Good birding!
>Jim Moore
>Rockville
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>On 2/17/2013 2:22 PM, Gail B. Mackiernan %<3Ckatahdinss...>%3E wrote:
>> HI all,
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>> I hope everyone is now signed up for hourly eBird reports of rarities for Maryland, since quite a few birds are being seen that are not making it onto the MD Birding google group (or the Facebook page).
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>> The last hour's alert included such goodies as a Trumpeter Swan at Cash Lake (Pax NWR) as well as multiple updates on the Bullock's Oriole, Pacific Loon, several different WW Crossbills, Red Crossbill, etc. etc.
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>> I still encourage folks to post to MD Birding as it is really the optimum place for announcing rarities (and updates of same) because of timeliness, but these eBird reports are also invaluable. (And hope everyone is posting there as well). And visit the FB page as well for a slightly different slant on Maryland birds and birding!
>>
>> Gail Mackiernan
>> Colesville, MD
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