[cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! And a suggestion/request!

[Caleb A]

Hi John!
That's interesting to hear...I'm subscribed to the Larimer RBA through 
ebird, and as long as people report a checklist before a certain time each 
day, it will appear in the next alert. Subscribing to the hourly alert is 
the "safer" way to go, if you don't want to miss any reports throughout the 
day. I don't know if sightings go into a "hopper" at all...what ends up 
happening is that a rare bird report will show up on the RBA email, but 
then it will be shown as an unconfirmed sighting. If a rare bird report is 
confirmed, then the email will show that it is in all caps like this: 
"CONFIRMED."
I've never encountered the problem of rare birds *not *making it onto the 
RBA, but who knows--the ebird computers may still have a few bugs.
*The birds are happy, and so am I*
*~Caleb Alons, Larimer County*

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! And a suggestion/request!

[Joe Roller]

Good points, John.
eBird was not intended as an RBA, due to the reviews for quality control,
etc. These
can happen at once or after days or even weeks. you point out some of the
flaws in the
process, but without quality review, we'll find reports of Yellow-billed
Magpie from Araphaoe County.
The way to get the word out about a rarity to the Colorado birding public
is to post on eBird AND COBIRDS,
mentioning what you observed, field marks, location, all the details. Then
birders can make
up their minds about the ID. I trust your ID's, John, but review is
necessary and reviewers are
swamped at times and are only human.
Joe Roller, Denver


On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 5:14 PM John Rawinski  wrote:

> Hi Norm:
>
> I am trying to learn eBird. It seems to me that on rare species, there is
> a delay until someone doing quality control, gives it approval. It happened
> to me on a number of rarities here in the San Luis Valley...like the
> Scarlet Tanager we also had here. So if someones sighting goes into a
> "hopper" then even if those birders posted it to eBird, it may not be on
> the next alert. I have heard there was quite a backlog of rare sightings
> needing approval. It makes me question how good eBird will be as a RBA kind
> of tool.
>
> John Rawinski
> Monte Vista, CO
>
> On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 11:37:44 AM UTC-6, birdernorm wrote:
>>
>> I, too, would like to thank the originators and compilers of the RBA from
>> over the years.  I have checked it virtually every day that I have been in
>> town for years.  Thanks again for all your efforts.  I will miss it.
>>
>> Now for the suggestion:  since the RBA is kaput, and there are lots of
>> folks who do not care to manipulate their way through eBird (which is not
>> that tough, by the way), it would be nice if those observing a rarity in
>> the field, particularly one that is within easy reach of other birders, to
>> post it from the location. I have eBird alerts running for numerous
>> counties, but I don't get those reports until the next day.  My only
>> immediate access to interesting sightings is Cobirds.  There have been
>> several instances recently when an unusual species appeared but no one
>> informed the birding community at large.  For example, a scarlet tanager
>> was recently seen at Harriman Lake, just a few minutes from my house.
>> There were fifteen eBird reports filed, which means there were no doubt
>> twice that many observers, yet no one took a moment to post the bird to
>> Cobirds.  I found out about the bird the next day, and it was a one-day
>> wonder.  Either I missed any reports, or I don't have many friends.
>> Perhaps both.  But at any rate, it would have been nice to have had a
>> chance to pop over there for a look.
>>
>> Just my two cents.  As they say about the pandemic, we're all in this
>> together, and I have always found that one of the great joys of birding is
>> the sharing of birds with others who like them just as much as I do.
>>
>> Norm Lewis
>> Lakewood
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds 
>> To: Colorado Birds ; Joe Roller <
>> jrol...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Fri, May 29, 2020 4:09 am
>> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!
>>
>> Hello all,
>> I would like to join others in showing appreciation for the compilers of
>> the RBA we see on Cobirds. Since I spend most of the year thousands of
>> miles away from Colorado in West Africa, I don’t get any direct use of the
>> RBA for birding. But I did enjoy seeing a compilation of the most
>> interesting or unusual bird sightings from Colorado as a way to keep up
>> with what is happening in Colorado. Many thanks to Joyce and then Joe and
>> his team of volunteers and all of the other compilers who have provided
>> this service.
>> Bob Andrews
>> Yekepa, Nimba Co., Liberia, West Africa
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 09:26:03 AM MDT, Joe Roller 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared
>> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or
>> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of
>> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places
>> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
>> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile
>> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to
>> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by
>> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In th

[cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! And a suggestion/request!

[John Rawinski]

Hi Norm:

I am trying to learn eBird. It seems to me that on rare species, there is a 
delay until someone doing quality control, gives it approval. It happened 
to me on a number of rarities here in the San Luis Valley...like the 
Scarlet Tanager we also had here. So if someones sighting goes into a 
"hopper" then even if those birders posted it to eBird, it may not be on 
the next alert. I have heard there was quite a backlog of rare sightings 
needing approval. It makes me question how good eBird will be as a RBA kind 
of tool. 

John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO

On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 11:37:44 AM UTC-6, birdernorm wrote:
>
> I, too, would like to thank the originators and compilers of the RBA from 
> over the years.  I have checked it virtually every day that I have been in 
> town for years.  Thanks again for all your efforts.  I will miss it. 
>
> Now for the suggestion:  since the RBA is kaput, and there are lots of 
> folks who do not care to manipulate their way through eBird (which is not 
> that tough, by the way), it would be nice if those observing a rarity in 
> the field, particularly one that is within easy reach of other birders, to 
> post it from the location. I have eBird alerts running for numerous 
> counties, but I don't get those reports until the next day.  My only 
> immediate access to interesting sightings is Cobirds.  There have been 
> several instances recently when an unusual species appeared but no one 
> informed the birding community at large.  For example, a scarlet tanager 
> was recently seen at Harriman Lake, just a few minutes from my house. 
>  There were fifteen eBird reports filed, which means there were no doubt 
> twice that many observers, yet no one took a moment to post the bird to 
> Cobirds.  I found out about the bird the next day, and it was a one-day 
> wonder.  Either I missed any reports, or I don't have many friends. 
>  Perhaps both.  But at any rate, it would have been nice to have had a 
> chance to pop over there for a look.
>
> Just my two cents.  As they say about the pandemic, we're all in this 
> together, and I have always found that one of the great joys of birding is 
> the sharing of birds with others who like them just as much as I do.
>
> Norm Lewis
> Lakewood
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds  >
> To: Colorado Birds >; Joe Roller <
> jrol...@gmail.com >
> Sent: Fri, May 29, 2020 4:09 am
> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!
>
> Hello all,
> I would like to join others in showing appreciation for the compilers of 
> the RBA we see on Cobirds. Since I spend most of the year thousands of 
> miles away from Colorado in West Africa, I don’t get any direct use of the 
> RBA for birding. But I did enjoy seeing a compilation of the most 
> interesting or unusual bird sightings from Colorado as a way to keep up 
> with what is happening in Colorado. Many thanks to Joyce and then Joe and 
> his team of volunteers and all of the other compilers who have provided 
> this service.
> Bob Andrews
> Yekepa, Nimba Co., Liberia, West Africa
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 09:26:03 AM MDT, Joe Roller  > wrote: 
>
>
> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared 
> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or 
> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of 
> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places 
> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile 
> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to 
> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by 
> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join 
> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA 
> is over now.
> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who 
> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting 
> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the 
> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in 
> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an 
> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union 
> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list 
> to let them know!"
> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't 
> know. 
> In

[cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! And a suggestion/request!

[rosanne juergens]

Hello Norm,
I just posted on Cobirds about a Scarlet Tanager at a well known eBird 
hotspot at Deer Creek Canyon Rd and W. Buckhorn. However, my cell phone 
service was not working there, so I had to pull over a little ways down the 
canyon to post it, giving the cross streets rather than the GPS info. And 
you're right - after posting it to eBird it is not yet showing up in the 
alerts.
I will always defer to Cobirds!
Rosanne J.
Centennial,CO

On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 11:37:44 AM UTC-6, birdernorm wrote:
>
> I, too, would like to thank the originators and compilers of the RBA from 
> over the years.  I have checked it virtually every day that I have been in 
> town for years.  Thanks again for all your efforts.  I will miss it. 
>
> Now for the suggestion:  since the RBA is kaput, and there are lots of 
> folks who do not care to manipulate their way through eBird (which is not 
> that tough, by the way), it would be nice if those observing a rarity in 
> the field, particularly one that is within easy reach of other birders, to 
> post it from the location. I have eBird alerts running for numerous 
> counties, but I don't get those reports until the next day.  My only 
> immediate access to interesting sightings is Cobirds.  There have been 
> several instances recently when an unusual species appeared but no one 
> informed the birding community at large.  For example, a scarlet tanager 
> was recently seen at Harriman Lake, just a few minutes from my house. 
>  There were fifteen eBird reports filed, which means there were no doubt 
> twice that many observers, yet no one took a moment to post the bird to 
> Cobirds.  I found out about the bird the next day, and it was a one-day 
> wonder.  Either I missed any reports, or I don't have many friends. 
>  Perhaps both.  But at any rate, it would have been nice to have had a 
> chance to pop over there for a look.
>
> Just my two cents.  As they say about the pandemic, we're all in this 
> together, and I have always found that one of the great joys of birding is 
> the sharing of birds with others who like them just as much as I do.
>
> Norm Lewis
> Lakewood
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds  >
> To: Colorado Birds >; Joe Roller <
> jrol...@gmail.com >
> Sent: Fri, May 29, 2020 4:09 am
> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!
>
> Hello all,
> I would like to join others in showing appreciation for the compilers of 
> the RBA we see on Cobirds. Since I spend most of the year thousands of 
> miles away from Colorado in West Africa, I don’t get any direct use of the 
> RBA for birding. But I did enjoy seeing a compilation of the most 
> interesting or unusual bird sightings from Colorado as a way to keep up 
> with what is happening in Colorado. Many thanks to Joyce and then Joe and 
> his team of volunteers and all of the other compilers who have provided 
> this service.
> Bob Andrews
> Yekepa, Nimba Co., Liberia, West Africa
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 09:26:03 AM MDT, Joe Roller  > wrote: 
>
>
> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared 
> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or 
> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of 
> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places 
> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile 
> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to 
> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by 
> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join 
> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA 
> is over now.
> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who 
> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting 
> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the 
> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in 
> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an 
> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union 
> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list 
> to let them know!"
> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't 
> know. 
> In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue 
> beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provi

[cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! And a suggestion/request!

[Adam Vesely]

Well said, Norm! Posting rare/uncommon birds to this forum has slowed 
considerably the last few years (
I blame the blasted eBird Top 100 obsession), but is still the quickest way 
to get the word out to the masses. I appreciate the birders who still make 
an effort to post a timely note to this forum about interesting species.

 

Many of you probably know about this site, but Kurt Radamaker (Arizona 
birder, I believe) has a slick site that compiles all eBird rare/uncommon 
sightings and puts it in a map format. You can search any state and define 
how many “days back” you wish to go. Very easy to navigate. Data is updated 
very quickly and may be another option for those not wanting hourly/daily 
e-mail alerts.  

 

http://birdingthecloud.com/ebirdApi/ebirdUnitedStatesWithDropdown.html

 

Adam Vesely

Thornton, CO 

On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 11:37:44 AM UTC-6, birdernorm wrote:
>
> I, too, would like to thank the originators and compilers of the RBA from 
> over the years.  I have checked it virtually every day that I have been in 
> town for years.  Thanks again for all your efforts.  I will miss it. 
>
> Now for the suggestion:  since the RBA is kaput, and there are lots of 
> folks who do not care to manipulate their way through eBird (which is not 
> that tough, by the way), it would be nice if those observing a rarity in 
> the field, particularly one that is within easy reach of other birders, to 
> post it from the location. I have eBird alerts running for numerous 
> counties, but I don't get those reports until the next day.  My only 
> immediate access to interesting sightings is Cobirds.  There have been 
> several instances recently when an unusual species appeared but no one 
> informed the birding community at large.  For example, a scarlet tanager 
> was recently seen at Harriman Lake, just a few minutes from my house. 
>  There were fifteen eBird reports filed, which means there were no doubt 
> twice that many observers, yet no one took a moment to post the bird to 
> Cobirds.  I found out about the bird the next day, and it was a one-day 
> wonder.  Either I missed any reports, or I don't have many friends. 
>  Perhaps both.  But at any rate, it would have been nice to have had a 
> chance to pop over there for a look.
>
> Just my two cents.  As they say about the pandemic, we're all in this 
> together, and I have always found that one of the great joys of birding is 
> the sharing of birds with others who like them just as much as I do.
>
> Norm Lewis
> Lakewood
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds  >
> To: Colorado Birds >; Joe Roller <
> jrol...@gmail.com >
> Sent: Fri, May 29, 2020 4:09 am
> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!
>
> Hello all,
> I would like to join others in showing appreciation for the compilers of 
> the RBA we see on Cobirds. Since I spend most of the year thousands of 
> miles away from Colorado in West Africa, I don’t get any direct use of the 
> RBA for birding. But I did enjoy seeing a compilation of the most 
> interesting or unusual bird sightings from Colorado as a way to keep up 
> with what is happening in Colorado. Many thanks to Joyce and then Joe and 
> his team of volunteers and all of the other compilers who have provided 
> this service.
> Bob Andrews
> Yekepa, Nimba Co., Liberia, West Africa
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 09:26:03 AM MDT, Joe Roller  > wrote: 
>
>
> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared 
> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or 
> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of 
> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places 
> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile 
> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to 
> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by 
> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join 
> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA 
> is over now.
> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who 
> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting 
> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the 
> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in 
> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an 
> excited birder up the list: &

[cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[Larry Modesitt]

Lynn Willcockson, when I began birding in the 80’s, was the voice on the 
DAILY telephone Rare Bird Alert. Daily might not seem special now, given 
the hourly alerts by e-Bird we now enjoy. When my business took me to 
different places, I was fortunate to spend weekends in such hotspots as 
Miami, Florida and McAllen, Texas. I would call the local RBA and hear the 
rarities as of a WEEK ago. In a HOTSPOT. Meeting other birders, I several 
times heard, “You are lucky, living in Denver. You have a DAILY report. We 
don’t.” And three times I heard, “You have the best RBA in the country.” 


At that time, Lynn listened to reports birders had phoned in to be 
tape-recorded. If I reported a bird that hadn’t been seen north of Mexico, 
Lynn, or Dick Schottler, would call and ask, “Can you tell me more about 
that sighting?” With Cobirds and an exponential (there’s that word again) 
increase in the amount of reports, the RBA compilers had a lot more work to 
do. And EARLIER. 


We’ve evolved again to the up-to-date and filtered-by-area e-Bird. Yes, 
there are losses in progress, and I admit being slow to adapt, but we have 
much more information when we dig deeper into individual eBird reports. I’d 
like to add my thanks to all the compilers who brought us neophytes to the 
joy of birding. Also, remember Cobirds has many other advantages.


Larry Modesitt, Arvada

 
 On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 9:26:00 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
>
> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared 
> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or 
> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of 
> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places 
> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
>
> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile 
> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to 
> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by 
> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join 
> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA 
> is over now.
>
> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who 
> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting 
> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the 
> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
>
> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in 
> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an 
> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union 
> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list 
> to let them know!"
>
> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't 
> know. 
>
> In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue 
> beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of 
> Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at 
> www.ebird.org/alerts)
>
> The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a 
> checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)
>
> On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us 
> to share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding!
>
>  Joe Roller, Denver
>

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[John Rawinski]

Thanks Diana. I will check it out and see if it works for me. 

John R

On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 7:05:42 PM UTC-6, Diana Beatty wrote:
>
> John, you may want to set up an eBird rare bird alert for your county on 
> your account.  When you login from a computer, click on My eBird, and 
> scroll down until on the lower right you see Manage My Alerts.  Click on 
> that.  Type in your county on the Rare Bird Alerts and/or Needs Alerts and 
> other counties desired.  As you enter each one, you click Subscribe.  You 
> will then get messages to the e-mail of your eBird account whenever an 
> eBird report is made - so it won't be months later, but rather will be 
> quite timely.
>
> Diana Beatty
> El Paso County
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 6:49 PM John Rawinski  > wrote:
>
>> Yes thank you Joe and all who contributed their time to keeping the RBA 
>> current, and easy to use. It was a concise summation of birds happening in 
>> our State. Even though I rarely chase any more, it was so helpful to know 
>> what was being seen around the State. 
>>
>> During the pandemic, I took it upon myself to become more familiar with 
>> eBird. I am getting better, but not so much as using it as a rare bird 
>> alert yet. I think things will fall through the cracks for me. If someone 
>> posts on our cobirds messages, I may see it. But if someone posts something 
>> in my area that is rare on eBird, I will likely not know about it until 
>> maybe weeks after.  Guess I will hope folks will continue to use cobirds as 
>> a forum for bird observation and discussion. 
>>
>> Changing times for sure...stay well friends. 
>>
>> John Rawinski
>> Monte Vista, CO
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 9:26:00 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
>>>
>>> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared 
>>> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or 
>>> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of 
>>> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places 
>>> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
>>>
>>> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile 
>>> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to 
>>> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by 
>>> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join 
>>> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA 
>>> is over now.
>>>
>>> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
>>> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who 
>>> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting 
>>> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the 
>>> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
>>>
>>> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in 
>>> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an 
>>> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union 
>>> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list 
>>> to let them know!"
>>>
>>> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't 
>>> know. 
>>>
>>> In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue 
>>> beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of 
>>> Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at 
>>> www.ebird.org/alerts)
>>>
>>> The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a 
>>> checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)
>>>
>>> On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing 
>>> us to share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding!
>>>
>>>  Joe Roller, Denver
>>>
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Re: [cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[Diana Beatty]

John, you may want to set up an eBird rare bird alert for your county on
your account.  When you login from a computer, click on My eBird, and
scroll down until on the lower right you see Manage My Alerts.  Click on
that.  Type in your county on the Rare Bird Alerts and/or Needs Alerts and
other counties desired.  As you enter each one, you click Subscribe.  You
will then get messages to the e-mail of your eBird account whenever an
eBird report is made - so it won't be months later, but rather will be
quite timely.

Diana Beatty
El Paso County

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 6:49 PM John Rawinski  wrote:

> Yes thank you Joe and all who contributed their time to keeping the RBA
> current, and easy to use. It was a concise summation of birds happening in
> our State. Even though I rarely chase any more, it was so helpful to know
> what was being seen around the State.
>
> During the pandemic, I took it upon myself to become more familiar with
> eBird. I am getting better, but not so much as using it as a rare bird
> alert yet. I think things will fall through the cracks for me. If someone
> posts on our cobirds messages, I may see it. But if someone posts something
> in my area that is rare on eBird, I will likely not know about it until
> maybe weeks after.  Guess I will hope folks will continue to use cobirds as
> a forum for bird observation and discussion.
>
> Changing times for sure...stay well friends.
>
> John Rawinski
> Monte Vista, CO
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 9:26:00 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
>>
>> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared
>> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or
>> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of
>> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places
>> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
>>
>> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile
>> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to
>> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by
>> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join
>> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA
>> is over now.
>>
>> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of
>> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who
>> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting
>> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the
>> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
>>
>> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in
>> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an
>> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union
>> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list
>> to let them know!"
>>
>> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't
>> know.
>>
>> In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue
>> beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of
>> Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at
>> www.ebird.org/alerts)
>>
>> The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a
>> checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)
>>
>> On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us
>> to share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding!
>>
>>  Joe Roller, Denver
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[cobirds] Re: Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[John Rawinski]

Yes thank you Joe and all who contributed their time to keeping the RBA 
current, and easy to use. It was a concise summation of birds happening in 
our State. Even though I rarely chase any more, it was so helpful to know 
what was being seen around the State. 

During the pandemic, I took it upon myself to become more familiar with 
eBird. I am getting better, but not so much as using it as a rare bird 
alert yet. I think things will fall through the cracks for me. If someone 
posts on our cobirds messages, I may see it. But if someone posts something 
in my area that is rare on eBird, I will likely not know about it until 
maybe weeks after.  Guess I will hope folks will continue to use cobirds as 
a forum for bird observation and discussion. 

Changing times for sure...stay well friends. 

John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO



On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 9:26:00 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
>
> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared 
> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or 
> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of 
> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places 
> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
>
> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile 
> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to 
> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by 
> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join 
> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA 
> is over now.
>
> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who 
> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting 
> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the 
> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
>
> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in 
> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an 
> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union 
> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list 
> to let them know!"
>
> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't 
> know. 
>
> In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue 
> beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of 
> Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at 
> www.ebird.org/alerts)
>
> The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a 
> checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)
>
> On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us 
> to share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding!
>
>  Joe Roller, Denver
>

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