eBird hotspot information

["Kim Farley via Canberrabirds " <>]

Thank you for your post Shorty. And yes, eBird has introduced some good new functionality in recent months. The addition of info about public Hotspots will be very welcome for locals and travellers. It is back to the future to some extent as eBIrd's predecessor in Australia, Eremaea BIrds, also had functionality to add info about Hotspots. I remember feeling bereft when the Eremaea database was taken into eBird in 2014 and all the wonderful descriptive notes about Hotspots disappeared. I used to work hard at writing notes for my favourite locations!

Kim

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM shorty via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

Hi all,

eBird has now introduced a new feature where people can enter information on hotspots. I believe you need to have submitted 100 complete checklists in the previous Year to make the change happen straight away but for others it can still be done but will need to get approved. What a great idea.

I noted that someone had entered info on Jerra Wetlands but I corrected the opening times and some restrictions.

Shorty

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