Date: 3/28/25 3:59 pm From: Edward Pullen via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Hotspots help requested
This is a notification of an opportunity for birders to contribute to the
community by giving details and helpful hints about how to bird at any
eBird hotspot. You can help without being an expert birder. It’s more
helpful to be familiar with the hotspot itself. The website
https://birdinghotspots.org/region/US-WA is a site being adopted by Cornell
and eBird as an adjunct to eBird. eBird is a great resource about what
birds are seen when and where, but not very helpful as to how to actually
bird at a given location. This BirdingHotspots.org is a crowd-sourced site
where you can share helpful information about places you know well with the
wider birding community. It’s easy.
When you are at a site, consider opening the website on your smartphone,
navigate to the ebird hotspot, upload photos of the site (not birds, but
photos that show helpful details, like parking, trailheads, habitats, etc).
The first time you do this you’ll need to enter an email address so the
editor can know who is submitting the photo and text suggestions. I find
it easiest to click upload photos, then scroll down to browse, then click
take photo. If you like the photo you took, click upload photo, then save
photo at the bottom.
Then consider taking a couple of minutes to click on Edit Hotspot, and add
to the “tips for birding, birds of interest, and about this location
sections. When you are done you just click “save hotspot” and the info will
go to a state editor to review. In the case of Washington at this point
that is me.
If you have any questions please reach out to me by email.
<edwardpullen...>
