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
