I too hope that MDOSPREY does not lose the attention of those who use 
Twitter, because you generally get substantially more information from a 
MDOSPREY posting.  However, those of us who are not familiar with 
Twitter need not worry about hearing nothing at all.  Put a bookmark to
<http://twitter.com/#!/MDrarebirdalert>  in your browser.  If you use a 
tabbed browser, leave that page open in a tab.  You will get all the Md 
rare bird twitters, and they generally get out very quickly.  You don't 
have to join twitter to access the page directly, although there will be 
a BIG invitation to sign up at the top of the window.  I have been 
following this page off and on since Dan Haas announced the twitter 
set-up, and it gives impressively prompt and compact information. 
Moreover, anywhere I can access my Email to get MDOSPREY I can also get 
to that page.  I'm finding that Twitter makes a nice supplement to 
listserves, even though I don't especially want to set up a cell phone 
for its use.

On 11/4/2011 7:06 PM, Kurt Schwarz wrote:
> I echo Jim's request.  It seems that the Cape May folks work almost
> exclusively on Twitter or similar.  Cape May is virtually invisible on the
> Jersey listserve (accessed via birdingonthe.net when I am visiting), so
> unless somebody posts something in a timely manner to the sightings of
> birdcapemay.org (often not the case until well after the bird has flown),
> or you happen to click on the ebird sightings at birdcapemay.org, word
> does not get out to us knuckle-draggers.  I know that some out there with
> 4G type phones DO post from the field, and hope that they and the tweeters
> will continue to do so.  I can barely make and receive a call on my cell
> phone, let alone figure out how to get to my voice mail or receive a text,
> so the day is probably far off before....
>
> Kurt Schwarz
> Ellicott City, MD
> Goawaybird at verizon dot net
>
> On 10/30/11 11:35 AM, "Jim Nelson"<>  wrote:
>
>> Dan,
>>
>> For those of us who don't "tweet" or follow Twitter postings, I hope
>> folks
>> will continue to post their sightings to MDOSPREY as well.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jim Nelson
>> Bethesda
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dan Haas
>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 10:07 AM
>> To: 
>> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Twitter: Rare Bird Alert
>>
>> If anyone is interested, I've created a Twitter account
>> @  I would be delighted to post any notable sightings
>> to that account and anyone who has an account can have alerts sent to
>> their smart phone, iPhone, Blackberry, etc.
>>
>> If it doesn't catch on, no worries... it was free!  I have a blast
>> reading reports from Cape May and Strattford Point in Conn. about
>> their bird sightings.  Maryland deserves one as well.  If you are
>> interested in being a part of it, email me and I'll give you my cell
>> phone number.  All it takes is ONE brief text message and I'll happily
>> post it ASAP to the twitter account for immediate alerts.  If you'd
>> like to be notified, simply click 'follow' (once you've started your
>> own account).
>>
>> Good Birding,
>>
>> Dan Haas
>> St. Margaret's, MD
>> nervousbirdsatgmail.com
>>
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