It would be awesome to have a rare bird app by phone. Here in Dane County we
use Telegram to communicate rare birds. It would be great to have something a
bit more timely and state-wide, but I think we mostly rely on Ebird alerts,
which you can have set on either daily or hourly. With people giving fairly
specific GPS locations, that can work fairly well. I do get very frustrated
when people see a rare bird in the morning and wait until evening to report it,
but I know not everyone uses their phone to Ebird.
Ruth Smith
Madison, WI
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Subject: [wisb] Re: Whimbrel (Sheboygan County)
Good sighting, could be any early migrant or a bird that decided to hang
around. Here at Green Bay we have had Whimbrels and both Godwits over summer
several times. Usually single birds. In one occasion a Whimbrel had a bum leg,
probably from a wire strike and it limped around till autumn.
Tom Erdman, Oconto, WI
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Subject: [wisb] Whimbrel (Sheboygan County)
Hi,
Yesterday (July 14th) at 11am, I observed a Whimbrel calling and flying south
along Lake Michigan east of Cedar Grove. I didn't realize its rarity until
putting it on eBird later in the day.
My wife Rachel and I just moved to the area last month from Coastal Oregon
(living in the Port Washington area for now) and are hoping to get out birding
more. I was wondering about any communication methods for rare birds besides
this listserv and various Facebook Groups. In Oregon, we had recently set up
WhatsApp texting groups for various counties/areas expressly for the purpose of
rare bird alerts and communication in the field during searches. There is some
discussion
here: https://oregonbirding.org/mobile-groups/
I'm not sure how rare bird reporting is handled in WI, or if there is any
interest in WhatsApp or Signal, but I'm retired now so if there is interest,
I'm happy to help try to get it set up.
Thanks,
Steve Holzman
Port Washington, WI (Ozaukee County)
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