<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">This is a
notification of an opportunity for birders to contribute to the community by
giving details and helpful hints about how to bird at any eBird hotspot. You can help without being an expert
birder. It’s more helpful to be familiar
with the hotspot itself. The website <a href="https://birdinghotspots.org/region/US-WA" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" class="keychainify-checked">https://birdinghotspots.org/region/US-WA</a>
is a site being adopted by Cornell and eBird as an adjunct to eBird. eBird is a great resource about what birds
are seen when and where, but not very helpful as to how to actually bird at a
given location. This BirdingHotspots.org is a crowd-sourced site where you can
share helpful information about places you know well with the wider birding
community. It’s easy. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">When you
are at a site, consider opening the website on your smartphone, navigate to the
ebird hotspot, upload photos of the site (not birds, but photos that show
helpful details, like parking, trailheads, habitats, etc). The first time you
do this you’ll need to enter an email address so the editor can know who is
submitting the photo and text suggestions. I find it easiest to click upload photos,
then scroll down to browse, then click take photo. If you like the photo you
took, click upload photo, then save photo at the bottom. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Then consider
taking a couple of minutes to click on Edit Hotspot, and add to the “tips for
birding, birds of interest, and about this location sections. When you are done
you just click “save hotspot” and the info will go to a state editor to review.
In the case of Washington at this point that is me. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">If you have
any questions please reach out to me by email. <a href="mailto:edwardpullen@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" class="keychainify-checked">edwardpullen@gmail.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Ed</span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Ed Pullen</div><div>Listen to my podcast at <a href="https://birdbanter.podbean.com/e/the-bird-banter-podcast-episode-2-with-ken-brown/" target="_blank" class="keychainify-checked">The Bird Banter Podcast</a> available on iTunes podcast store and other feeds. </div>
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