[TN-Bird] eBird hotspots for Webb Road, Kingston Harlequin
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:53:04 -0400
Two new east Tennessee eBird hotspots have been created to
accommodate all the checklists being entered into eBird for 1) the waterfowl at
Webb Road
in Hamilton County and 2) the Harlequin Duck in Kingsport.
The Webb Road hotspot is called: Lake Chickamauga (at Webb
Road) and is sited in the lake so as to avoid placing it along the road (not
good waterfowl habitat) or within the gated condominium grounds.
The Sullivan County hotspot is called Riverfront Seafood and
is sited just behind the restaurant.
Though a private business, Riverfront Seafood meets the hotspot
requirement of being “generally open to the public for birding” as birders have
checked out the water behind the restaurant for years; before the Harlequin
showed up this winter, it was widely known as the location of a wintering
Spotted Sandpiper. From all reports, the
restaurant staff are friendly to birders and even helpful to them in locating
their most recent famous visitor. I’m
sure that Harley has benefited their business.
I encourage you to use these hotspots in entering your
checklists. When you use the mapping
tool, the current hotspots appear as red markers and you need to click on the
marker to see the hotspot
name. If you have already entered
checklists, you can merge your personal location with the hotspot.
Instructions for doing this can be found at
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/new-location-management-tools-launched
(the last
paragraph is what you want, titled "Merge a personal location with a
hotspot"). I will be glad to assist anyone to do this if
you email me off-list.
Carole Gobert, Knoxville
eBird Hotspot Editor for Tennessee
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