Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:31:04 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bill Ellis Subject: Re: Eastern Phoebe sighting Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Paul: I took a look at eBird. Unless I have not figured out how it works, it seems very skimpy on observation records of others, except for a map and a list of birds seen. Bill Ellis Recycled Birder Eldersburg, Carroll County At 06:36 PM 11/24/02 -0500, you wrote: >Marcus et.al. > No. Eastern Phoebes are perfectly normal for this time of year. I >am not sure what source E-Bird www.ebird.org >is using for Maryland records, but I have had problems all fall >with my various sightings- Rusty Blackbirds in November,Chimney Swifts in >early October etc. Eventually they should correct this problem. > For people who are interesting in contributing their bird sightings >to a national database this is a worthwhile site to visit. I have been >using it this fall for my McKee-Beshers records. > >Paul Woodward >Fairfax City, VA 22032 >grackling@worldnet.att.net > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Marcus James >To: >Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:22 PM >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Eastern Phoebe sighting > > >> Hello >> (Sorry. I have to send this.) >> I suppose most of you have heard of the web site >> called Ebird.com, right? I went there to put in some >> of the birds I saw today. I got a note back from them >> telling me to check the 2 Eastern Phoebe I put in. >> According to Ebird, seeing them in Maryland at this >> time of year is questionable. Is that correct? >> Marcus James >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >> http://mailplus.yahoo.com >> >> ======================================================================= >> To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >> with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >> ======================================================================= > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================