Date: 5/18/26 7:08 am From: Derek Aldrich (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Creation of a new eBird hotspot for mudflats at Falls Lake, NC
I am the SC Hotspot Admin and have no plans to go anywhere. A couple of the
rare bird reviewers have hotspot privileges for there respective
counties as well. The introduction of hotspot groups, with a parent
hotspot, has allowed hotspots to be created that probably would have never
been made before.
On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 9:51 AM Harry LeGrand <carolinabirds...>
wrote:
> 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.
>
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L65544753/about?contentLang=en >
> 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.
>
> Harry LeGrand
> Raleigh
>
