[nysbirds-l] Twitter-based alert system for Manhattan birders

2015-05-01 Thread David Barrett
This post is a reminder to those birding Central Park or anywhere else in Manhattan that there is a system in place, designed by Jeff Bowen and me, that allows you to send and receive birding alerts via text messages (SMS). There is no cost to use it and it works on all phones, not just

[nysbirds-l] Twitter-based alert system for Manhattan birders

2015-05-01 Thread David Barrett
This post is a reminder to those birding Central Park or anywhere else in Manhattan that there is a system in place, designed by Jeff Bowen and me, that allows you to send and receive birding alerts via text messages (SMS). There is no cost to use it and it works on all phones, not just

[nysbirds-l] Twitter-based alert system for Manhattan birders

2014-05-02 Thread David
There was some discussion earlier this morning on another board about the two text-based (SMS) systems for Manhattan birding, the NYNYBIRD alerts and Twitter-based #birdcp. You can learn about the former at nynybird.wordpress.com. It is ONLY for rare bird alerts. Jeff Bowen and I introduced the