<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpd67ff5d7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Has your friend tried to suggest Yesler Swamp as a hotspot?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001009443-ebird-hotspot-faqs#anchorSuggestHotspot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001009443-ebird-hotspot-faqs#anchorSuggestHotspot</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpd67ff5d7signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f4f7.png" width="16" style="padding:0px 2px;vertical-align:middle;" class="ydpd67ff5d7yahoo-emoji-wrapper" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">peggy_busby@yahoo.com</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">@scenebypeggy on Instagram</div></div></div></div>
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On Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 12:59:41 PM PDT, Julia H via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp713c2c35yiv6692976548"><div dir="ltr">Hi all!<div><br></div><div>I have a friend who goes birding in Union Bay pretty frequently.</div><div><br></div><div>He makes a separate checklist for when he's birding Yesler Swamp versus the rest of Union Bay.</div><div><br></div><div>However, whenever he's tried to make checklists for Yesler Swamp, they kept getting merged into the larger Union Bay hotspot, which isn't what he wants. (And I think this makes sense—Yesler Swamp is distinct enough that it probably makes sense to be its own hotspot/location.)</div><div><br></div><div>In response, he's started making all his Yesler Swamp checklists private, to prevent eBird editors from merging his checklists into something unrepresentative.</div><div><br></div><div>He asked me if I knew who the editor/moderator was for hotspots in the Seattle area, and if so, if I could ask them why the checklists keep getting merged into the Union Bay hotspot, and if there's any way to avoid that other than making his checklists private.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't know who that person is, but I thought that Tweeters might! Does anyone here know who might be able to help my friend?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Julia Hansbrough</div></div>
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