No hard numbers to back this up, but in the almost six years since moving to KS I've seen the use of our the state listserv drop steadily as eBird and social media platforms (FB) have steadily increased membership/use. The big driver is increased smartphone use (http://pewinternet.org/Infographics/2012/Our-Smartphone-Habits.aspx). As someone who just finally got on eBird last month and cannot pay to have the internet in my hand, it is frustrating to see the trend, but there are big advantages of also getting on the other platforms for birders. Given the trends, I'll eventually have to pay up and then find like everyone else I can't live without my smartphone.
If it makes anyone feel better, COBIRDS postings still substantially outnumber KSBIRDS postings most days!
Jeff Witters
Olathe, KS
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:48 AM, The "Nunn Guy" <lefkogt@yahoo.com> wrote:
Anyway to connect the two? Good database practice says "enter data
once"--also facilitates a better customer experience (not having
customer to enter data in multiple instances). I would think the
good folks at eBird can "flag" rare birds and send data to this list?
And you would think Google had the facility to be able to import it.
I know "pipe dream" but one can dream ...
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m
On Jan 31, 9:26 am, Norm Erthal <nert...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have been noticing that some really good rare birds have been showing up
> on Ebirds and not Cobirds. There are some problems with this. It is
> difficult to access Ebird sightings after a week while on Cobirds are there
> forever. I would urge reporting the rare nirds to both and continue the
> reporting of regular species to Ebird
> Norm Erthal
> Arvada, CO
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