Date: 2/13/26 3:40 pm From: <tgmiko...> via groups.io <tgmiko...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] [CALBIRDS] Using eBird to plan a trip
Ken,
I wholeheartedly disagree:
1. Lots of people are not on Facebook for various reasons. Some of them
ideological.
2. This is another symptom of the extreme balkanization of bird
communications on the internet. This burger who lives in another state does
not have the ability to reach out and join various groups on WhatsApp or
Discord. The only way you can join those groups is first you have to find
out what the heck the name of the group is, and then you have to find
somebody who's willing to let you join the group, and that assumes that
you're able to find somebody to reach out to and ask them to let you know.
I can tell you stories of groups one County over that wouldn't let people
in my County join their group. How do you think they're going to treat
somebody from another state?
Tom Miko
Claremont 91711
909.241.3300
"We lose a rifle and get punished. They lose a war and get promoted."--Ben
Edwards
On Fri, Feb 13, 2026, 3:02 PM Ken Burton via groups.io <shrikethree=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> I think this is a question for the eBird community discussion group on
> Facebook, not CALBIRDS.
>
> Ken Burton
> McKinleyville
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM chuck schussman via groups.io <cschussman=
> <icloud.com...> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am planning a trip to Omaha, Nebraska. Can eBird be used to
>> identify the best places in or around Omaha to find a particular species? I
>> am hoping there is another way to do this other than just clicking on all
>> the flags on the range map... I am imagining that what I want is some way
>> to display a list of all of the sightings of a particular species in a
>> particular county, sorted by location and then by date. Is something like
>> that possible? How do you all use eBird to plan a birding trip?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Chuck Schussman
>> Tustin, California
>>
>>
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