Customizable bird alerts, straight from eBird.
Get an email when the birds you care about show up where you care about — a single hotspot, a county, or anywhere within a mile of your house.
Any place, any country
Monitor individual hotspots, whole regions, or a custom radius around a lat/lon. Works with hotspots and personal locations worldwide.
Rarities, lifers, or specific species
Flag ABA rarities, eBird's regional rarities, your own lifers, or a hand-picked list of species — or any combination.
Your own rarity threshold
Decide how uncommon a bird has to be in a region before you hear about it, based on the percent of checklists it appears on.
Only when there's news
Check every 15 minutes or once a day. You only get an email when there are new observations that match.
How it works
- Set up an alert: locations, birds, and how often to check.
- The app polls the eBird API on your schedule.
- When something matches, you get an email.
Getting started
- Create an account or log in.
- Click Create Alert and pick your geography.
- Optionally upload your life list to get alerts for new lifers.
Bird Alert is a hobby project made to get more flexible alerts about eBird observations. It's a work in progress — bugs and rough edges are likely.