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Dear all: This sticky post explains some best practices for managing your sbcobirding.groups.io account. The groups.io system is much more powerful than the old Yahoo one, and tweaking your settings c
Dear all: This sticky post explains some best practices for managing your sbcobirding.groups.io account. The groups.io system is much more powerful than the old Yahoo one, and tweaking your settings can make things much easier for you and for the moderators of the group. As the need the arises I will update this post. It is a "sticky", which means that it will always appear at the top of the posts, making it easier to find. Comments and questions about the information below are welcome. Thanks --Wim *Accessing your groups.io account * At groups.io your account name is your email address. One account can be a member of several groups. To go to your account settings, do the following: * Using a browser go to https://groups.io * If you are already logged in, your name should appear in the upper right corner. If not: select "Login In" and complete the log in procedure * You should now see a screen listing all your group subscriptions. * If you want to go to your account settings, select your name in the top right corner and select "Account". This should get you to a new page about your email, password, et cetera. *Adding automatic signature * Your posts to sbcobirding are required to have a signature with your full name and place of residence. That way we have a proper record of who reported what when. It also enables future readers to contact you about your post if need be. Here's how you can set up your groups.io account to automatically attach a signature so that you can forget about this. * Go to your groups subscriptions as explained in Steps 1-3 above and select sbcobirding * At the top of the left column, select "Subscriptions" * Scroll to the block "Signature" and select both "Use Signature For Web Posting" and "Use Signature for Email Posting" * Enter your personal signature in the box below that * Scroll down and hit the blue "Save" button And you're done. From now on, any post by you will automatically have the signature. * Changing your email address * To change the email address that you use to post to groups.io do not create a new account. Instead use the following steps. * Go to your account settings as explained in Steps 1-4 above. * In the left column select "Login". * Use the "Change Email" button to update your email address. This way your old posts will remain associated with your new address. If, instead, you create a whole new account for your new address, there is no connection between your old posts and your new address: it's as if there are two "You"s on groups.io. *Merging two accounts (yes this can be done) * Sometimes people end up with more than one account that they should merge into one. To merge account@old into account@new, do the following. * Go to to your account@old settings as explained in Steps 1-4 above. * Change the account@old email address into account@new and follow the subsequent instructions. Now all your @old posts will have moved to your account@new, and the account@old will have been removed. *Using several email addresses and one account* Some of us want to be able to post using different email addresses. Say that your groups.io account uses the address birder@gmail but you want also to be able to post using your other address worker@work. This does not require two separate accounts; instead do the following. * Go to you birder@gmail account settings as explained in Steps 1-4 above. * In the left column select "Login". * At the bottom of the page, select "Advanced Settings for Email Aliases" * Enter your worker@work address and select "+ Add Email Alias" Now if you post from your worker@work address groups.io will recognize that this address is an alias for birder@gmail and things will go through. If you have not set up an alias, groups.io will bounce your post as it does not recognize your address (unless you have another account for worker@work in which case: please merge your accounts). The issue of having more than one account versus one account with several email addresses can be confusing. Let me know if you want help with this. -- Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA) concierge at sbcobirding.groups.io
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Sedgwick Reserve (restricted access) - Weekly Survey, 60 species with continuing SageThrasher, Ferruginous Hawk and uptick in Purple Finch
The improved weather this week brought out the birders and the birds as a full survey crew managed 60 species in spite of not being able to drive roads up canyon. Highlights were the continuing Sage T
The improved weather this week brought out the birders and the birds as a full survey crew managed 60 species in spite of not being able to drive roads up canyon. Highlights were the continuing Sage T
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By Peter Schneekloth
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Santa Maria Sewage
SB Birders, I made a brief stop by the sewage treatment works on Black Road in Santa Maria. There is not really much to report but 2 adult Iceland ( Thayer’s) and one juvenile, 7 Herring Gulls and 4 G
SB Birders, I made a brief stop by the sewage treatment works on Black Road in Santa Maria. There is not really much to report but 2 adult Iceland ( Thayer’s) and one juvenile, 7 Herring Gulls and 4 G
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By Wes Fritz
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American Bittern @ LLC 3 messages
Good and prolonged views of an American Bittern at Lake Los Carneros this am (Tues). It was near the west end of the dam. David and Jeff were the first to report it although it was found earlier by an
Good and prolonged views of an American Bittern at Lake Los Carneros this am (Tues). It was near the west end of the dam. David and Jeff were the first to report it although it was found earlier by an
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By Adrian O'Loghlen
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Goleta Beach Gulls 2 messages
I did a quick tour of Goleta Beach around 2:15 PM today. I was surprised to see no sandpipers of any type but there were hundreds of gulls, mostly on the bay, both east and west of the pier. Numbers a
I did a quick tour of Goleta Beach around 2:15 PM today. I was surprised to see no sandpipers of any type but there were hundreds of gulls, mostly on the bay, both east and west of the pier. Numbers a
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By Steven Gaulin
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Vesper Sparrow
Dan Conroy-Beam and I met at the San Marcos Foothills Preserve at 4:00 PM yesterday (12-9-2019) to look for the recently reported harriers and Short-eared Owls. We stayed until 5:15 without seeing eit
Dan Conroy-Beam and I met at the San Marcos Foothills Preserve at 4:00 PM yesterday (12-9-2019) to look for the recently reported harriers and Short-eared Owls. We stayed until 5:15 without seeing eit
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By Steven Gaulin
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Scouting the Sta Ynez River
John Callender and I scouted the route I’ve had on the Cachuma CBC for 19 years. John found all the special birds: Orange-crowned Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler (not common in winter on the north side of
John Callender and I scouted the route I’ve had on the Cachuma CBC for 19 years. John found all the special birds: Orange-crowned Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler (not common in winter on the north side of
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By Mark Holmgren
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White-throated Swifts
Salvar Road is the first right off Via Chapparal N. of Cathedral Oaks in Santa Barbara. Salvar consists mainly of a bridge crossing CA 154. This morning around 10:30 there were at least a dozen White-
Salvar Road is the first right off Via Chapparal N. of Cathedral Oaks in Santa Barbara. Salvar consists mainly of a bridge crossing CA 154. This morning around 10:30 there were at least a dozen White-
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By Steven Gaulin
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Ross's Goose @ NCOS 2 messages
There was what I think was a Ross's Goose at North Campus Open Space this am (Mon). It was on the south bank of the slough opposite the Phelp's Bridge (most westerly bridge at NCOS). Adrian O'Loghlen
There was what I think was a Ross's Goose at North Campus Open Space this am (Mon). It was on the south bank of the slough opposite the Phelp's Bridge (most westerly bridge at NCOS). Adrian O'Loghlen
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By Adrian O'Loghlen
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Greater? Scaups at Lake Los Carneros
Since November 22nd I have been trying to figure out if the two scaups at LLC are Greater or Lesser... the female was determined to be Greater last week but the male is still un-determined. This morni
Since November 22nd I have been trying to figure out if the two scaups at LLC are Greater or Lesser... the female was determined to be Greater last week but the male is still un-determined. This morni
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By Pete Wolf
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TOSO at Miguelito Canyon Park
All: I had a Townsend's Solitaire at Miguelito Canyon Park in Lompoc this morning. It was near the playground equipment nearest the north bridge. It was flying back and forth between a large oak and t
All: I had a Townsend's Solitaire at Miguelito Canyon Park in Lompoc this morning. It was near the playground equipment nearest the north bridge. It was flying back and forth between a large oak and t
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By John Deacon
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Carp creek 2 messages
9:12 AM. Two Redheads Rob Denholtz Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria
9:12 AM. Two Redheads Rob Denholtz Carp -- Rob Denholtz Carpinteria
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By Rob Denholtz
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Wilson's Warbler
One at the zoo where it meets East Beach. Slow going at the Music Academy. Hugh Ranson Santa Barbara
One at the zoo where it meets East Beach. Slow going at the Music Academy. Hugh Ranson Santa Barbara
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By Hugh Ranson
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Devereux
The Mexican Duck hybrid is back down by the broken bridge. Also a Pintail, the Eurasian Wigeon, and 10 Redheads. -- Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA
The Mexican Duck hybrid is back down by the broken bridge. Also a Pintail, the Eurasian Wigeon, and 10 Redheads. -- Nick Lethaby Goleta, CA
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By Nick Lethaby
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SY Valley Birds - Sandhill Cranes, Pine Siskins
My feeders have been hosting fair numbers of American Goldfinch this winter, I've been hoping they might bring in a Pine Siskin with them and finally today one appeared. The White-throated Sparrow con
My feeders have been hosting fair numbers of American Goldfinch this winter, I've been hoping they might bring in a Pine Siskin with them and finally today one appeared. The White-throated Sparrow con
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By Peter Schneekloth
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2 probable mute swans at SYRE
Saturday about 4:05 PM a couple of swans flew in from upriver, circled the trestle and lit on the water near the parking lot. They then flew to new positions twice in the next ten minutes. White with
Saturday about 4:05 PM a couple of swans flew in from upriver, circled the trestle and lit on the water near the parking lot. They then flew to new positions twice in the next ten minutes. White with
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By Don Tate
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f/wy owl
Oops, turns out I can't id owls at 70 mph a couple of lanes over on the fwy. Seems it was a barn owl. -- Bill Murdoch
Oops, turns out I can't id owls at 70 mph a couple of lanes over on the fwy. Seems it was a barn owl. -- Bill Murdoch
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By William Murdoch
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North Campus Open Space monthly survey
The monthly survey at UCSB’s North Campus Open Space was conducted this morning by two teams, one team taking an eastern route, the other western. 61 species were detected. Highlights include: 2 Great
The monthly survey at UCSB’s North Campus Open Space was conducted this morning by two teams, one team taking an eastern route, the other western. 61 species were detected. Highlights include: 2 Great
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By Mark Holmgren
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Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker? Not so fast
I just read this very helpful post by Logan Kahle at the southbaybirds group, 250 miles north of us. It's about what it takes for a Northern Flicker to be a true Yellow-shafted one, as opposed to "jus
I just read this very helpful post by Logan Kahle at the southbaybirds group, 250 miles north of us. It's about what it takes for a Northern Flicker to be a true Yellow-shafted one, as opposed to "jus
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By Wim van Dam
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More Mesa 2 messages
Early this evening, I counted at least 5 Northern Harriers, 6 White-tailed Kites, and a Short-eared Owl on More Mesa. No Burrowing Owls so far. Guy Tingos Santa Barbara -- Guy Tingos Santa Barbara
Early this evening, I counted at least 5 Northern Harriers, 6 White-tailed Kites, and a Short-eared Owl on More Mesa. No Burrowing Owls so far. Guy Tingos Santa Barbara -- Guy Tingos Santa Barbara
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By Guy Tingos
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