Date: 11/2/26 6:35 am From: Nagi Aboulenein via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Tweeting Rare Birds.......or NOT
Hello Tweeters,
On the Oregon side, OBOL (of which I am the moderator) has seen a similar decline in postings. Major finds and rarities these days are mostly posted and discussed on the Oregon birding Discord, which is great if you have the time or inclination to browse through many different channels there. Some diligent subscribers to both OBOL and the Oregon Discord channels (thank you!) do try to post about major rarities on OBOL (you know who you are, and thank you!), so that certainly helps. Another OBOL subscriber also posts the daily eBird Oregon-wide rare bird alert on OBOL (also, thanks!).
Maybe some Tweeter can spare 2 minutes a day and just simply forward the Washington RBA to Tweeters? All it takes is hit the “forward” button and send it on to Tweeters if you’re already subscribed to the WA RBA.
Photos would be nice, but only complementary to even just a plain-text daily WA RBA on Tweeters.
Cheers and good birding.
—
Nagi Aboulenein
> On Sunday, Nov 01, 2026 at 23:52, Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> (mailto:<tweeters...>)> wrote:
> Thank you for your comments, Bob.
> Dan Reiff, PhD
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Nov 1, 2026, at 10:32 PM, Robert O'Brien <baro...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Dan. I agree 100% that adding photos would make a big difference. Of course you can upload them to Flickr or the like. but it's just too much hassle.to (http://hassle.to) be worthwhile. As you likely know OBOL has allowed photos for several decades. But before that, it did not, same as Tweeters. I'm sending this only to you because I've harped so much about it in the past to no avail. Bob
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff...> (mailto:<dan.owl.reiff...>)> wrote:
> > > Dennis and Bob,
> > > I think and feel the same.
> > > I believe one of the factors that has affected the number and types of Tweeters reports is the administration’s continuing decision to not update Tweeters to allow single photos and single audio recordings.
> > > I continue to be a big fan of Tweeters and am concerned that it may continue to decline, if a few changes are not made.
> > > Also, I do appreciate the other efforts of the admins!
> > > Dan Reiff. PhD
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On Nov 1, 2026, at 2:22 PM, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> (mailto:<tweeters...>)> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Bob, I feel your pain. I’ve been very disappointed that with the barrage of records of rare birds on eBird that few observers share their sightings with tweeters anymore.
> > > >
> > > > I don’t know if tweeterdom has heard of the female Vermilion Flycatcher on Ebey Island in Snohomish County that has been around for a while. We learned about it from eBird, went up there this morning and failed to see it, although one of the Black Phoebes there put on a show for us. The farmlands and scattered copses and hedge rows there look like they could be home for many species of birds.
> > > >
> > > > If you are interested, you can easily find the coordinates by looking at eBird online.
> > > >
> > > > Dennis Paulson
> > > > Seattle
> > > >
> > > > > On Nov 1, 2026, at 2:13 PM, Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters...> (mailto:<tweeters...>)> wrote:
> > > > > Much to my dismay I just learned that Common Ringed Plover had been identified and seen by many, at Ocean Shores back in mid August. Who Knew? Who didn't know? Me.
> > > > > Now there is a daily list of Oregon and of Washington (separately) rare birds, but checking that daily would be a chore especially since it draws in a lot of questionable, locally? rare? birds.. I would have thought (hoped?) that a mega like that would have made it on to Tweeters (to which I have long subscribed). i would have chased it immediately, as my shorebird list is my favorite list. So I checked the Tweeters Archives.
> > > > > It was mentioned only once in the many dozens of submissions
> > > > > [Tweeters] Tokeland Common Ringed Plover weekend outlook (https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/2026-August/009234.html) Scott R via Tweeters
> > > > >
> > > > > So sad, for me anyway
> > > > >
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