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--001a11c2cba4bd52a504f59733e3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hi folks, While shovelling this morning I head a *Pine Siskin* fly over, had two male *Purple finches *at the feeder and a singing *Northern Cardinal*. Forest Hill Rd. Kentville Another thought on how to manage posting our sightings across multiple venues... I think Andy H. and others have mentioned this in the past...eBird lets you Tweet or Facebook (and email) links to your checklists: In eBird, under 'My eBird, Manage my Observations'...choose the 'share' option and using the icons on the right you can 'send link via Facebook or Twitter': (you can also get here once you submit a checklist on the eBird site) The *Twitter *'auto text' of the sighting is a bit cumbersome and does not indicate species in the list so I changed to the following using bitly (one of a number of url shortening websites: bitly.com) to shorten the url: "eBirdList: ForestHillRd,KentvilleNS,Mar27 - NOCA, PISI, PUFI http://bit.ly/1gZYR0b" In the *Facebook *option, using the dropdown menu at the top left, you can choose to 'share with group' then to the right of the dropdown menu start typing in 'Nova Scotia Bird Society' and it should come up. Unfortunately, you can not change the auto-text that eBird provides (to my knowledge? and an eBird logo is needed on this!!) but in the box that says 'Say something about this' you can add notable species or other comments. In both cases (Facebook and Twitter) the link takes you to the eBird checklist which contains a link to a map of the location. Presumably any photos you uploaded with the checklist would also be observable here, or, in Facebook or Twitter, you could then upload a photo if desired to accompany the post. This could possibly reduce some redundancy in our posting-efforts but the link to the checklist also serves as a DOI or unique identifier of the sightings to help folks recognize repeat observations. While all details of the hypothetical Crested Caracara at 28 Forest Hill Rd, Kenvtille (note: 'hypothetical') would not be there directly on the Facebook post/Twitter/email, you could easily trace them. Conceptually, the "e-telephone tree" could start at eBird in most cases and then radiate from there... However, I agree fully with Andy that there is a need, and good resources available (human and non-human), to parse observations from the NSBS Facebook feed and also get them onto the NSBS site. Incidentally, photographers should also check out this neat post on getting photo records into eBird using a plugin in Lightbox: http://alpenglow.info/lightroombirding/ - a concept that could be applied to other photo software and sites... cheers, James. -- James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com (902) 681-2374 --001a11c2cba4bd52a504f59733e3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">hi folks, <div><br></div><div>While shovelling this m= orning I head a <b>Pine Siskin</b> fly over, had two male <b>Purple finches= </b>at the feeder and a singing <b>Northern Cardinal</b>. Forest Hill= Rd. Kentville</div> <div><br></div><div>Another thought on how to manage posting our sightings = across multiple venues...</div><div><br></div><div>I think Andy H. and othe= rs have mentioned this in the past...eBird lets you Tweet or Facebook (and = email) links to your checklists: </div> <div><br></div><div>In eBird, under 'My eBird, Manage my Observations&#= 39;...choose the 'share' option and using the icons on the right yo= u can 'send link via Facebook or Twitter':</div><div>(you can also = get here once you submit a checklist on the eBird site)</div> <div><br></div><div>The <b>Twitter </b>'auto text' of the sighting = is a bit cumbersome and does not indicate species in the list so I changed = to the following using bitly (one of a number of url shortening websites: <= a href=3D"http://bitly.com">bitly.com</a>) to shorten the url:<br> </div><div><br></div><div>"eBirdList: ForestHillRd,KentvilleNS,Mar27 &= ndash; NOCA, PISI, PUFI <a href=3D"http://bit.ly/1gZYR0b">http://bit.ly/1gZ= YR0b</a>"<br></div><div><br></div><div>In the <b>Facebook </b>opt= ion, using the dropdown menu at the top left, you can choose to 'share = with group' then to the right of the dropdown menu start typing in '= ;Nova Scotia Bird Society' and it should come up. Unfortunately, you ca= n not change the auto-text that eBird provides (to my knowledge? and an eBi= rd logo is needed on this!!) but in the box that says 'Say something ab= out this' you can add notable species or other comments. </div> <div><br></div><div>In both cases (Facebook and Twitter) the link takes you= to the eBird checklist which contains a link to a map of the location. Pre= sumably any photos you uploaded with the checklist would also be observable= here, or, in Facebook or Twitter, you could then upload a photo if desired= to accompany the post.</div> <div><div><br></div><div>This could possibly reduce some redundancy in our = posting-efforts but the link to the checklist also serves as a DOI or uniqu= e identifier of the sightings to help folks recognize repeat observations. = While all details of the hypothetical Crested Caracara at 28 Forest Hill Rd= , Kenvtille (note: 'hypothetical') would not be there directly on t= he Facebook post/Twitter/email, you could easily trace them.</div> <div><br></div><div>Conceptually, the "e-telephone tree" could st= art at eBird in most cases and then radiate from there...</div><div>However= , I agree fully with Andy that there is a need, and good resources availabl= e (human and non-human), to parse observations from the NSBS Facebook feed = and also get them onto the NSBS site.</div> <div><br></div><div>Incidentally, photographers should also check out this = neat post on getting photo records into eBird using a plugin in Lightbox:&n= bsp;<a href=3D"http://alpenglow.info/lightroombirding/">http://alpenglow.in= fo/lightroombirding/</a> - a concept that could be applied to other photo s= oftware and sites...</div> <div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>James.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><di= v dir=3D"ltr">James Churchill<br>Kentville, Nova Scotia<br><a href=3D"mailt= o:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a= ><br> (902) 681-2374<br><br><br><br></div> </div></div> --001a11c2cba4bd52a504f59733e3--
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