While I'd certainly say Facebook has a range of ups and downs..easy to post photos but very easy to be buried in irrelevant chatter, etc, the reality is that using texbirds to email information is still the most effective method for distributing information to many users in a timely fashion. Ebird, Facebook, and text alerts all eat into the number of people posting to listervs. While all of those formats serve a useful purpose, especially Ebird, I would still strongly encourage everyone to continue to use the most reliable and inclusive approach to reach many birders in the state... texbirds..., until someone can develop a nice birder friendly combination of the assorted approaches. John Tharp Houston, TX Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner