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Rare Bird AlertsLast Updated 12/6/24

Telephone Hotlines The telephone hotlines have mostly gone extinct. But here is one that is still updated regularly: New York City and Long Island Region     212-979-3070     eBird Alerts If you have an eBird account, you can set up alerts to be sent to you via email. Just login to eBird, click on My eBird at the top of the page and then click on Manage My Alerts near the bottom of the sidebar menu.     eBird Alerts If you have an eBird account, you can set up alerts to be sent to you via email. Just login to eBird, click on My eBird at the top of the page and then click on Manage My Alerts near the bottom of the sidebar menu.     New York Birding Discord Server   Many states, provinces, and regions have migrated their various email lists and discussion groups to state- or province-level Discord Servers with sub-level regional rare bird alert and chat channels. Since 2024, many New York State birders carry on reporting and discussions about bird sightings on the New York Birding Discord Server. Instructions are available here:  New York Birding Discord Server Instruction Page   American Birding Association (ABA) Alerts If you have an eBird account, you can sign up to receive lists of ABA alerts daily or hourly via email: https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN10489     ABA Alert Map Map of recent sightings: https://kiwifoto.com/rba/map   Mailing Lists (Listservs) Mailing lists are informal discussion groups that allow information exchange via email. To join such a discussion group, you need to subscribe by sending a specifically formatted email message to a computer that will add you to the distribution list for that group (some groups provide an online subscription form as an alternative to sending an email to sign up). Once you're on the list, you will receive email notes from other members of the group, and you can send your own notes so that everyone in the group can read them and respond to them. For information and signup instructions for the following mailing lists, visit http://northeastbirding.com/ Statewide:  NYSBIRDS-L   Cayuga Basin / Finger Lakes Region: Cayugabirds-L       io Group - Albany Area Also available is the following email-based io group sponsored by Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club:   HMBirds This io group is mainly for reports of birds in the eleven counties surrounding Albany, NY. Unusual extralimital reports are also welcome. To join, or to learn more, visit https://groups.io/g/hmbirds

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