Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:13 pm
If you have contact information for anybody from the old forum who hasn't registered here yet, please let them know about the new forum.
DLecy, for example.
DLecy, for example.
What Bird Is That Forum
Discussion of birding primarily in North America
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Lost Whatbirders
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Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 10:28 pm
I contacted Avery, but haven't heard anything, and just let Dlecy know.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:55 am
I messaged everyone who was on Inaturalist, also I happened to find GacesWarbler on reddit, and he's joined. I got ahold of Blackburnian, but that was when I first found Charlie and we started contacting everyone to come to birdforum. I'll text him about the new forum here.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 1:16 am
Here is the people I came up with who haven't been found. I'm sure there's some more but this was everyone I could think of. I added the state they are in if I could remember.
Arron Canada
Johnd Texas
Dragon49 Florida
Avery
Texas cobra Texas
Jerry Friedman New Mexico
Zoroark nevada
Spyonabird
Peromyscus
Birds are cool
Neilpa
Cant remember if these members were still active...
Seattle
Pictaker
Arron Canada
Johnd Texas
Dragon49 Florida
Avery
Texas cobra Texas
Jerry Friedman New Mexico
Zoroark nevada
Spyonabird
Peromyscus
Birds are cool
Neilpa
Cant remember if these members were still active...
Seattle
Pictaker
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 1:19 am
Oh and birding boy
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 1:36 am
I am reminded of SirVive every day by my brother's gait belt.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 2:27 am
*raises hand* Present!
Also worth looking into is if any active Whatbird members have an e-mail address, IM handle, social media, or other contact information on their eBird profile.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 3:27 am
Good to see you! Yes we've found several people that way, some of the trouble is finding their ebird profiles.
I remembered Dragon49 s name is Mark something... Penkower? Something close to that.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 3:30 am
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:59 am
There you are!
I found Ruslan B. on the ABA community but I've been unable to work through their messaging system. If anyone else is on ABA, please give him a try.
If you have someone's photos on Macaulay, you can work backward to the checklist and then their profile.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 4:12 pm
Ah, that's another great idea. If you find someone's embeds on the old forum with a URL like this:Charlie Spencer wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:59 am If you have someone's photos on Macaulay, you can work backward to the checklist and then their profile.
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https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v2/asset/648525448/1200https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/648525448
Then you can click the profile link below their name, or the checklist link below that.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:25 pm
Here’s Avery’s eBird profile https://ebird.org/profile/MTA1Mzg3OQ==/US-TN
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:32 pm
Just contacted Ruslan through the NA Gull Discord and can contact Michael Long that way if that would be good
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:46 am
Michael Long is already a member.Kansabirdguy wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:32 pm Just contacted Ruslan through the NA Gull Discord and can contact Michael Long that way if that would be good
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:23 pm
I found Texas Cobra on Flickr, if someone who uses that platforum can contact him.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124304610@N07/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124304610@N07/
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:11 pm
I sent Texas Cobra a message through Flickr to let him know about the new forum.Kevin wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:23 pm I found Texas Cobra on Flickr, if someone who uses that platforum can contact him.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124304610@N07/
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 5:52 am
I'm BAAAAACK !!!!!Greyhawk wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 1:36 am I am reminded of SirVive every day by my brother's gait belt.
vive.JPG
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 7:38 am
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 2:37 pm
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 4:19 pm
I'd been missing it! Especially when I had ID mysteries or when my father-in-law sent me a picture of a nearly all white Bald Eagle. Clear back in the beginning I'd found an article/post that I thought might have a solution to the problem but I had no way to contact anyone. I managed to track down Avery but he didn't have any contact with the bigwigs either. I would try to open it every week or two in hopes that a fix was in the works but to no avail. Eventually I came across a reddit post by Kevin that led me here. Thanks for making a new home for those of us who aren't big on FB or Discord, etc.
Sounds like the decision was made to not reopen the forum but here's the article I found that mirrored my symptoms and error codes I was getting if anyone's interested.
https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/to ... r-ex12666/
Sounds like the decision was made to not reopen the forum but here's the article I found that mirrored my symptoms and error codes I was getting if anyone's interested.
https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/to ... r-ex12666/
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 4:32 pm
It was very frustrating for me not to have a way to let users know what was going on. And yes, I have to conclude at this point that the WhatBird forums will not be re-activated, although stranger things have happened there in the past.SirVive wrote: Fri Jan 16, 2026 4:19 pm I'd been missing it! Especially when I had ID mysteries or when my father-in-law sent me a picture of a nearly all white Bald Eagle. Clear back in the beginning I'd found an article/post that I thought might have a solution to the problem but I had no way to contact anyone. I managed to track down Avery but he didn't have any contact with the bigwigs either. I would try to open it every week or two in hopes that a fix was in the works but to no avail. Eventually I came across a reddit post by Kevin that led me here. Thanks for making a new home for those of us who aren't big on FB or Discord, etc.
Sounds like the decision was made to not reopen the forum but here's the article I found that mirrored my symptoms and error codes I was getting if anyone's interested.
https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/to ... r-ex12666/
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 1:46 am
I believe he(?) was a school administrator or principal. If anyone remembers what region of the country he was from it shouldn't be too hard to track him down.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 1:54 am
Yes, I noticed that, but don't want to send to his work email.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 2:00 am
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2026 3:14 am
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Marin County California
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Well that made it easy. 15 sec in I found a leader of a local Audubon walk by a similar name and by searching that found a photo and contact info within seconds. I'll PM you the info Kevin and let you reach out since you'll be more recognizable.
Marin County California
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Well that made it easy. 15 sec in I found a leader of a local Audubon walk by a similar name and by searching that found a photo and contact info within seconds. I'll PM you the info Kevin and let you reach out since you'll be more recognizable.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2026 5:44 pm
I am no longer lost (or no more than usual) and would like to thank Greyhawk and Charlie for their work setting up this new home.
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 3:39 am
WE’RE SO BACK Y’ALL!!!
So, what’s the story with the old forum and this new one? If it’s explained somewhere else on here somebody please link it
So, what’s the story with the old forum and this new one? If it’s explained somewhere else on here somebody please link it
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 3:54 am
https://www.birdforum.net/threads/new-n ... rs.477122/AveryF wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 3:39 am So, what’s the story with the old forum and this new one? If it’s explained somewhere else on here somebody please link it
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 4:02 am
Thanks! And a huge thank you for setting this up, I'm so glad to be back with this group.Greyhawk wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 3:54 amhttps://www.birdforum.net/threads/new-n ... rs.477122/AveryF wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 3:39 am So, what’s the story with the old forum and this new one? If it’s explained somewhere else on here somebody please link it
Re: Lost Whatbirders
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:56 pm
Great to see that AveryF is back, bringing membership to 29 (although I notice that some of the posts get more than 400 views).
Does anyone know if all the data from Whatbird is completely lost? I'm not looking for anything specific, just wondering what happens when sites are discontinued as I haven't experienced this before. I took a quick look at the "internet archive" site but had no luck.
Does anyone know if all the data from Whatbird is completely lost? I'm not looking for anything specific, just wondering what happens when sites are discontinued as I haven't experienced this before. I took a quick look at the "internet archive" site but had no luck.