Date: 7/17/26 4:34 pm From: Derb Carter (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: RE: What is going on with the CBC Sightings and the eBird listings? Error messages the last three days
I just asked AI how to correct the problem with the CBC sightings page and it said ask Kent Fiala.
Derb Carter
From: <carolinabirds-request...> <carolinabirds-request...> On Behalf Of Kent Fiala
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2026 7:27 PM
To: Harry LeGrand <hlegrandjr...>; carolinabirds listserve <carolinabirds...>
Subject: Re: What is going on with the CBC Sightings and the eBird listings? Error messages the last three days
The sightings page is working again. There are some other places that have the same problem and I'll track them down as I can.
Kent Fiala
On 7/17/2026 6:22 PM, Kent Fiala wrote:
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I've been uncharacteristically remiss about keeping software up to date, and we've reached a state where Cornell has switched to new software that won't talk to my old software. It's not an easy fix, but I'm on it.
For the record, I would never have figured this out without AI. I'm a believer.
Kent Fiala
On 7/17/2026 4:29 PM, Harry LeGrand wrote:
Many or most of us are probably seeing the error notice on Carolina Bird Club Sightings -- off and on - for a few days now - saying this:
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Sorry, an error occurred while connecting to eBird: Peer's Certificate issuer is not recognized. (Error 60). eBird may be down.
No reports
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Sometimes JUST NC reports are blocked out, and sometimes SC are blocked; sometimes BOTH are blocked out, and sometimes both show! Sometimes it shows JUST on our iPhone, but more worrisome, they often show on our computers -- when every other CBC website link is fine and all other of my website links are fine. So, the error is not with my equipment. A friend posted the same thing to me this morning.
I Googled "Peer's Certificate" and it is certainly there with a lot of detailed info about it. Over my head!
Is this an eBird error? A Carolina Bird Club program error? Kent -- any ideas, and when this might be resolved? Often, things SEEM to be OK the next hour, but then the error message comes back.
