New York State
Ornithological Association

For the birders and birds of the Empire State

Rare Bird AlertsLast Updated 11/12/22

Telephone RBAs NYSBIRDS-L & other Mailing Lists (Listservs) Twitter FeedsABA Alert Map

 

Telephone Hotlines    UPDATED 11/12/22

These phone recordings provide information about the birds recently reported in local regions. They are generally updated weekly.

Buffalo     716-896-1271

 

New York City and Long Island Region     212-979-3070

 

Massachusetts     781-259-8805   

 

Twitter Feeds
Click the name of the feed to see the latest tweets in your web browser.

 

ABA Rare Bird Alert

Confirmed ABA Code 3, 4 and 5 birds in North America. Updated by data mining bot built by kiwifoto.
 

NOTE:  Feeds will not be included if they have tolerated tweets that violate the code of birding ethics.

 

eBird Alerts

If you have an eBird account, you can set up alerts to be sent to you via email. Just click on My eBird at the top of the page and then click on Manage My Alerts near the bottom of the sidebar.


 

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.

 

NYSBIRDS-L  UPDATED 11/19/17

NYSBirds-L is an email list focused on birds and birding in New York State. It is not for the discussion of pet birds or falconry, except as far as these topics directly relate to wild birds. The primary purpose of the list is to disseminate information about bird sightings in New York State in a timely manner. Questions and limited discussions on topics such as bird behavior, identification, conservation, and distribution, especially as these subjects relate to birds in New York State, are welcomed and encouraged. The List is not for the discussion of pet birds.

To join the list, send an email to , leave subject line blank, and type in the body of the message:

JOIN “firstname lastname

Where firstname lastname is to be replaced by your own first name and last name.
INCLUDE THE QUOTATION MARKS AROUND YOUR NAME.

The listprocessor is an automated system and will extract your email address from the header of your message.  Since a computer, not a person, will read your message, additional words to make the message more polite are unnecessary and will interfere with the computer's ability to find the information it's looking for.
 
You will receive a confirmation message after you send your email.

For more details, see http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
 
Cayugabirds-L   

To join the list, send an email to , leave subject line blank, and the body of the message should read:

JOIN CAYUGABIRDS-L

The listprocessor is an automated system and will extract your email address from the header of your message.  Since a computer, not a person, will read your message, additional words to make the message more polite are unnecessary and will interfere with the computer's ability to find the information it's looking for.

 

HMBirds (Hudson-Mohawk)

This 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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