I have that exact same question. Also, I'm no ebird wizard, but I use it to look up specific species and recent sightings, mostly when travelling. But unless I know that a certain species has already been reported in a certain county, how will I know? If they're unexpected, I won't know to expect to look for reports on them!
Examples: The Fork-tailed in Boulder a couple of years ago; the Golden-crowned out East, that same year; a shorebird at a wildlife area I've never been to; a warbler that might not be a rarity, but might be a life bird, and uncommon enough to make the report. I think we're losing a lot, with the demise of the RBA. I hope that, unlike the CFO facebook page (which is largely photo-based, or ID-help-request-based), that the Colorado Rare Bird Alert facebook page can step in as a place we can all post more reports than photo albums, and strictly about actually uncommon birds. I don't know how ebird can replace the RBA. Dave Cameron Denver On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 3:15:23 PM UTC-6, Robert Righter wrote: > > Hi > > I like the RBA on Cobirds. With one quick click and I immediately get a > quick snapshot of what its going on in our state. The RBA is much more than > just rare birds. It also includes out of season and out of range reports, > unusually high counts. For example today there were six Black Swifts and a > Eastern Wood-Pewee seen at Pueblo Res. To me that is interesting > information. For more information about a post, just click on the poster’s > email. Just looking at all the unusual sighting per county I find very > stimulating. > > My question is can I click on ebirds and obtain the same information > as quickly as I can on the RBA? > > Bob Righter > Denver CO > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0f6cb9aa-7d55-42dd-9760-d88171fc8bb3%40googlegroups.com.
