Ebird down time announced (1 Viewer)

[njlarsen]

Most if not all online ebird services will be down 6am ET March 19 until 6am ET March 21: This is due to a massive move of services to a different system of servers.

Upcoming Maintenance: Cornell Lab Services Will Be Unavailable 19-21 March - eBird

eBird, Merlin, and the Macaulay Library are taking flight to new servers! As we finish this transition, it will be necessary to take our database offline for a period of 24-48 hours starting 19 March.

ebird.org

Niels

 

[Farnboro John]

Doesn't affect my notebook

John

 

[raymie]

 

[kb57]

I'm hoping they'll fix whatever makes the 'other photographs' and sound recordings load so slowly on the species pages (on a fast fibre broadband connection). Notebook users may mock, but I'm going to feel a distinct sense of being cut off from the world if I go birding between 19-21 March!

 

[jurek]

Notebook users may mock, but I'm going to feel a distinct sense of being cut off from the world if I go birding between 19-21 March!

A lesson that social media come with zero guarantee - it can disappear like a soap bubble.

 

[ParisNorway]

I just returned from Malaysia with some ~50 new species. I downloaded the photos. And I find out eBird is down for 2 days 🤦‍♂️ I'm used to it when it comes to identification. It's a good tool to estimate species frequency in a hotspot.

 

[njlarsen]

I just returned from Malaysia with some ~50 new species. I downloaded the photos. And I find out eBird is down for 2 days 🤦‍♂️ I'm used to it when it comes to identification. It's a good tool to estimate species frequency in a hotspot.

So you will need to rely on the printed field guide or downloaded app such as Merlin until they come back on.
Niels

 

[kb57]

Anyone finding the upgrade isn't fully functional yet? I added a checklist on the mobile app this afternoon, logged onto the website (with some difficulty) to add some photos. The list is shown and can open up for editing species, but I get a page with an 'error retrieving species names' message when I click on the 'add media' button.

 

[Paul Chapman]

I did a mobile checklist this afternoon & went in to add some pics successfully just now.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S165489057

All the best

Paul

 

[njlarsen]

Not tried yet. Ebird does report the transfer completed:

Server Upgrades Complete! - eBird

We are thrilled to announce the successful migration of our databases to new servers! This marks a significant milestone in our efforts to enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of our platforms.

ebird.org

Niels

 

[Frank van Drogen]

They were done early ... was already usable 24 hours ago.

 

[kb57]

Anyone finding the upgrade isn't fully functional yet? I added a checklist on the mobile app this afternoon, logged onto the website (with some difficulty) to add some photos. The list is shown and can open up for editing species, but I get a page with an 'error retrieving species names' message when I click on the 'add media' button.

This function is working for me now too - ever since they reported the upgrade as complete on their home page.