Hi All! My good friend and neighbor spotted the wood stork in her Danbury yard yesterday evening! West Lake Reservoir and Upper Kohanza Lake in Danbury both have parking access and are the closest bodies of water to the sighting. (the bird flew off from her yard after a few minutes) My understanding is a couple of birders were at West Lake Reservoir this morning with no wood stork luck, though a Bald Eagle was spotted. I believe it is a resident as I often see it around. I love my often underappreciated city, and it's a beautiful reservoir if you're up for the adventure! I scrambled last night to get myself on GroupMe to report the sighting. I have to say, it was super simple to download, sign up, and get approved for access to the group. Thanks to all in the group for their friendly support! I encourage all to check it out. Happy Birding! Loralee Richter Danbury, CT

Good morning. I downloaded GroupMe and created an account but cannot find the group. Please advise as to what I type in the search bar. Thanks. Bill Furgueson Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 21, 2024, at 8:00 AM, Loralee Richter via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > Hi All! > > My good friend and neighbor spotted the wood stork in her Danbury yard > yesterday evening! West Lake Reservoir and Upper Kohanza Lake in Danbury > both have parking access and are the closest bodies of water to the > sighting. (the bird flew off from her yard after a few minutes) > > My understanding is a couple of birders were at West Lake Reservoir this > morning with no wood stork luck, though a Bald Eagle was spotted. I > believe it is a resident as I often see it around. I love my often > underappreciated city, and it's a beautiful reservoir if you're up for the > adventure! > > I scrambled last night to get myself on GroupMe to report the sighting. I > have to say, it was super simple to download, sign up, and get approved for > access to the group. Thanks to all in the group for their friendly > support! I encourage all to check it out. > > Happy Birding! > > Loralee Richter > Danbury, CT > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

Hi William (and all) At Chuck’s request, I am copying the whole list on this. Here is the info on how to join the Rare Bird Alert. It’s a private group so not searchable. —- Here is the information to join the RBA: Here are the details that I’ve sent to other folks: 1) Download the GroupMe app in Apple App Store or Google Play Store on your phone (don’t know if you have apple or android) 2) When you get the app and open it, it’ll prompt you to make an account which is very easy. It might ask for your phone number in addition to email, and if so, it needs to be your cell. 3) When you have the account made and are in the app (you will be able to see the word “Chats” at the top left of the screen and a blue pencil icon on the bottom right), click this join link (on your phone). https://groupme.com/join_group/83300607/1yz3Vwak You will be promoted to answer the question of what is your favorite birding spot. It doesn’t matter what you enter- it’s just to weed out spam accounts. 4) Once you’re in the group, there’s a rules document that can be found in the pinned post at the top of the group or at the link here. bit.ly/ctgroupme It’s a strictly-moderated group so I ask everyone to read it, especially the list of reportable species :) It is ONLY for sightings. Let me know if this doesn’t make sense or if something doesn’t want to work. Aidan On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 9:57 AM William Furgueson via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Good morning. I downloaded GroupMe and created an account but cannot find > the group. Please advise as to what I type in the search bar. > > Thanks. > > Bill Furgueson > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 21, 2024, at 8:00 AM, Loralee Richter via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > Hi All! > > > > My good friend and neighbor spotted the wood stork in her Danbury yard > > yesterday evening! West Lake Reservoir and Upper Kohanza Lake in Danbury > > both have parking access and are the closest bodies of water to the > > sighting. (the bird flew off from her yard after a few minutes) > > > > My understanding is a couple of birders were at West Lake Reservoir this > > morning with no wood stork luck, though a Bald Eagle was spotted. I > > believe it is a resident as I often see it around. I love my often > > underappreciated city, and it's a beautiful reservoir if you're up for > the > > adventure! > > > > I scrambled last night to get myself on GroupMe to report the sighting. I > > have to say, it was super simple to download, sign up, and get approved > for > > access to the group. Thanks to all in the group for their friendly > > support! I encourage all to check it out. > > > > Happy Birding! > > > > Loralee Richter > > Danbury, CT > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or > "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or > "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/