[TN-Bird] Re: eBird hotspots for Webb Road, Kingston Harlequin
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Tennessee Bird List" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:54:28 -0400
Carol and others: This is a very good decision and a valuable addition.
Especially the very heavy volume for Riverfront Seafood is well justified. The
Harlequin Duck has brought the restaurant more direct business than anyone can
imagine.
The ownership and management have done everything in their power to keep their
staff, birders, news media, public and about anyone else well informed and
welcomed to their property. A significant contribution that has helped us all.
eBird has performed a wonderful service.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: Carole Gobert
To: Tennessee Bird List
Sent: March 16, 2013 08:53
Subject: [TN-Bird] eBird hotspots for Webb Road, Kingston Harlequin
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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