[NatureNS] P Siskin, P.Finch, N.Cardinal, Kentville - and sharing

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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:51:02 -0300
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Hi,

Just to be accurate, Lightbox and Lightroom are 2 different items of
software, and the Alpenglow plugin referred to in James's post refers to
Lightroom. I might give it a try later as I use Lightroom regularly to
process all my Raw photo files, but it does look rather complex - as do the
rest of James's suggestions, at least to me (and I don't use Twitter). But
I do use the app called BirdLog NA on my smartphone, which allows me to
very quickly input sightings into Ebird in the field, and in real time or
within a few minutes. Then, at least for now, I can later upload photos to
Flickr then into Ebird, and I can separately put them in my Smugmug account
and refer to that on NS-RBA, Facebook or NatureNS. All rather time
consuming. One of the joys of birding is to share observations, but it's
getting a bit complicated!

Richard


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:14 AM, James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com
> wrote:

> hi folks,
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>


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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>Just to be accurate, Lightbox a=
nd Lightroom are 2 different items of software, and the Alpenglow plugin re=
ferred to in James&#39;s post refers to Lightroom. I might give it a try la=
ter as I use Lightroom regularly to process all my Raw photo files, but it =
does look rather complex - as do the rest of James&#39;s suggestions, at le=
ast to me (and I don&#39;t use Twitter). But I do use the app called BirdLo=
g NA on my smartphone, which allows me to very quickly input sightings into=
 Ebird in the field, and in real time or within a few minutes. Then, at lea=
st for now, I can later upload photos to Flickr then into Ebird, and I can =
separately put them in my Smugmug account and refer to that on NS-RBA, Face=
book or NatureNS. All rather time consuming. One of the joys of birding is =
to share observations, but it&#39;s getting a bit complicated!<br>

<br></div>Richard<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:14 AM, James Churchill <span dir=3D"ltr"=
>&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jameslc=
hurchill@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">hi folks,&nbsp;<div><br></d=
iv><br><div><br></div><div>In eBird, under &#39;My eBird, Manage my Observa=
tions&#39;...choose the &#39;share&#39; option and using the icons on the r=
ight you can &#39;send link via Facebook or Twitter&#39;:</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>&#39;auto text&#39; 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" target=3D"_blank">bitly.com</a>) to shorten the=
 url:<br>



</div><div><br></div><div>&quot;eBirdList: ForestHillRd,KentvilleNS,Mar27 &=
ndash; NOCA, PISI, PUFI <a href=3D"http://bit.ly/1gZYR0b" target=3D"_blank"=
>http://bit.ly/1gZYR0b</a>&quot;<br></div><div><br></div><div>In the&nbsp;<=
b>Facebook </b>option, using the dropdown menu at the top left, you can cho=
ose to &#39;share with group&#39; then to the right of the dropdown menu st=
art typing in &#39;Nova Scotia Bird Society&#39; and it should come up. Unf=
ortunately, you can not change the auto-text that eBird provides (to my kno=
wledge? and an eBird logo is needed on this!!) but in the box that says &#3=
9;Say something about this&#39; you can add notable species or other commen=
ts.&nbsp;</div>



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