Subject: [Tweeters] eBird vs tweeters
Date: Thu Mar 18 04:56:39 PDT 2021
From: Devorah the Ornithologist - birdologist at gmail.com

Hi Dennis and everyone,

i am speculating that it IS probably possible to have a bot automatically
aggregate eBird reports for WA, BC, OR & NoCal and post them to tweeters. I
lack the skill to write such a thing, but it seems possible to me. or is it?

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:55 PM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
wrote:


> Hello, tweets.

>

> I'm amazed by the number of people who have written me and thanked me for

> posting about the Black-legged Kittiwake in Port Townsend. I looked on

> eBird and discovered that a number of people had seen the bird earlier in

> March, but apparently didn't post it on tweeters. That sparked a thought.

>

> Please remember that posting a rarity or sem-rarity, in other words a bird

> that others would very much like to see, on eBird doesn't mean that you're

> sharing it with your local birding community. Lots of people aren't on

> eBird.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Dennis Paulson

> Seattle

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