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--001a11336c26ff296204f597b709 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, Just to be accurate, Lightbox and Lightroom are 2 different items of software, and the Alpenglow plugin referred to in James's post refers to Lightroom. I might give it a try later as I use Lightroom regularly to process all my Raw photo files, but it does look rather complex - as do the rest of James's suggestions, at least to me (and I don't use Twitter). But I do use the app called BirdLog NA on my smartphone, which allows me to very quickly input sightings into Ebird in the field, and in real time or within a few minutes. Then, at least for now, I can later upload photos to Flickr then into Ebird, and I can separately put them in my Smugmug account and refer to that on NS-RBA, Facebook or NatureNS. All rather time consuming. One of the joys of birding is to share observations, but it's getting a bit complicated! Richard On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:14 AM, James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com > wrote: > hi folks, > > > > In eBird, under 'My eBird, Manage my Observations'...choose the 'share' > option and using the icons on the right you can 'send link via Facebook or > Twitter': > (you can also get here once you submit a checklist on the eBird site) > > The *Twitter *'auto text' of the sighting is a bit cumbersome and does > not indicate species in the list so I changed to the following using bitly > (one of a number of url shortening websites: bitly.com) to shorten the > url: > > "eBirdList: ForestHillRd,KentvilleNS,Mar27 - NOCA, PISI, PUFI > http://bit.ly/1gZYR0b" > > In the *Facebook *option, using the dropdown menu at the top left, you > can choose to 'share with group' then to the right of the dropdown menu > start typing in 'Nova Scotia Bird Society' and it should come up. > Unfortunately, you can not change the auto-text that eBird provides (to my > knowledge? and an eBird logo is needed on this!!) but in the box that says > 'Say something about this' you can add notable species or other comments. > > In both cases (Facebook and Twitter) the link takes you to the eBird > checklist which contains a link to a map of the location. Presumably any > photos you uploaded with the checklist would also be observable here, or, > in Facebook or Twitter, you could then upload a photo if desired to > accompany the post. > > This could possibly reduce some redundancy in our posting-efforts but the > link to the checklist also serves as a DOI or unique identifier of the > sightings to help folks recognize repeat observations. While all details of > the hypothetical Crested Caracara at 28 Forest Hill Rd, Kenvtille (note: > 'hypothetical') would not be there directly on the Facebook > post/Twitter/email, you could easily trace them. > > Conceptually, the "e-telephone tree" could start at eBird in most cases > and then radiate from there... > However, I agree fully with Andy that there is a need, and good resources > available (human and non-human), to parse observations from the NSBS > Facebook feed and also get them onto the NSBS site. > > Incidentally, photographers should also check out this neat post on > getting photo records into eBird using a plugin in Lightbox: > http://alpenglow.info/lightroombirding/ - a concept that could be applied > to other photo software and sites... > > cheers, > James. > > -- > James Churchill > Kentville, Nova Scotia > jameslchurchill@gmail.com > (902) 681-2374 > > > > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --001a11336c26ff296204f597b709 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>Just to be accurate, Lightbox a= nd Lightroom are 2 different items of software, and the Alpenglow plugin re= ferred to in James's post refers to Lightroom. I might give it a try la= ter as I use Lightroom regularly to process all my Raw photo files, but it = does look rather complex - as do the rest of James's suggestions, at le= ast to me (and I don't use Twitter). But I do use the app called BirdLo= g NA on my smartphone, which allows me to very quickly input sightings into= Ebird in the field, and in real time or within a few minutes. Then, at lea= st for now, I can later upload photos to Flickr then into Ebird, and I can = separately put them in my Smugmug account and refer to that on NS-RBA, Face= book or NatureNS. All rather time consuming. One of the joys of birding is = to share observations, but it's getting a bit complicated!<br> <br></div>Richard<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail= _quote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:14 AM, James Churchill <span dir=3D"ltr"= ><<a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jameslc= hurchill@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">hi folks, <div><br></d= iv><br><div><br></div><div>In eBird, under 'My eBird, Manage my Observa= tions'...choose the 'share' option and using the icons on the r= ight you can 'send link via Facebook or Twitter':</div> <div>(you can also get here once you submit a checklist on the eBird site)<= /div> <div><br></div><div>The <b>Twitter </b>'auto text' of the sighting = is a bit cumbersome and does not indicate species in the list so I changed = to the following using bitly (one of a number of url shortening websites: <= a href=3D"http://bitly.com" target=3D"_blank">bitly.com</a>) to shorten the= url:<br> </div><div><br></div><div>"eBirdList: ForestHillRd,KentvilleNS,Mar27 &= ndash; NOCA, PISI, PUFI <a href=3D"http://bit.ly/1gZYR0b" target=3D"_blank"= >http://bit.ly/1gZYR0b</a>"<br></div><div><br></div><div>In the <= b>Facebook </b>option, using the dropdown menu at the top left, you can cho= ose to 'share with group' then to the right of the dropdown menu st= art typing in 'Nova Scotia Bird Society' and it should come up. Unf= ortunately, you can not change the auto-text that eBird provides (to my kno= wledge? and an eBird logo is needed on this!!) but in the box that says = 9;Say something about this' you can add notable species or other commen= ts. </div> <div><br></div><div>In both ca