Date: 5/18/26 6:51 am From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Creation of a new eBird hotspot for mudflats at Falls Lake, NC
There have been dozens of eBird lists this spring at the upper end of Falls
Lake, Wake County, at a locale that never had an eBird hotspot associated
with it. As we know, creating a new hotspot is a tricky matter. Shelley
Rutkin is, or at least was, the NC eBird hotspot coordinator, whom we
turned to to create an official new hotspot. (I have.) She has moved out
of state but still does a little bit of this, but I/we would appreciate
words from readers *who are now (one or more folks) the eBird Hotspot
coordinator(s) in NC (and in SC as well).*
This site, mudflats on the south side of Old Weaver Trail in extreme
northern Wake County, now has this official hotspot name (below), for which
everyone who has birded there and used their own personal name or simply
used coordinates should now use. I have copied material that was posted
last night by Jeremy Wrenn and this morning by Mitchell Dart of the process
for doing this. Again, it would be great if everyone can merge their trips
lists with this new name. *Falls Lake--Old Weaver Trail (Wake County)*
From Jeremy Wrenn:
Old Weaver Trail is now a hotspot "Falls Lake--Old Weaver Trail (Wake
County)". Not yet searchable on the eBird hotspot map.
If you can move your bird lists there from your personal location(s) for
the Wake side of Old Weaver Trail, please do so.
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From Mitchell Dart:
"It would be great for everyone who has been birding Old Weaver to merge
their hotspot with the new official one. For anyone who hasn’t merged a
personal hotspot before, you can find all of your hotspots by going to “My
eBird” to “Manage” and then “Locations”. Find the personal hotspot you used
for Old Weaver Trail, click on it, and select merge, which will bring up
the new hotspot pin in red, which you will be able to select. I think you
should also be able to click on this link to view your personal hotspots.
https://ebird.org/mylocations/world?currentRow=1&sharedLocFilter=personal
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I followed these instructions and was able to merge my single list easily,
though it might be a bit trickier if you have more lists. Hopefully, in a
day or two we can then go to eBird, then Explore Hotspots, call up "Old
Weaver" for example, and quickly see a lot of checklists from this new site.
