[texbirds] Re: Common Crane
- From: Tim Brush <txbrush5@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Eric Carpenter <ecarpe@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:51:00 -0600
There are definitely pros and cons of "old-time" Texbirds, Facebook
Texbirds, and eBird for that matter. Facebook and eBird seem definitely
better for those "chasing", but this listserve is great for providing more
information, and for searching for information. eBird is much more
organized than Facebook Texbirds. Also, on Facebook, sightings may be
posted on Texbirds and/or a regional group like RGVBirds, thus giving two
places to check. Even though not everyone uses eBird, it seems to be used
more and more as the months and years go by. eBird allows one to give more
background information, but again the listserve is much better for "how to
get somewhere", hints of what the birds are doing, etc. Hopefully folks
will use all 3, or at least 2 out of the three, depending on their
interest..
Regards,
Tim Brush
Edinburg, TX
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Eric Carpenter <ecarpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For better or worse, this forum is not the most useful for getting
> real-time updates on sightings for stuff like Common Crane. Though I
> can understand one's resistance to join Facebook, groups on Facebook
> are currently the most useful in general for hearing about such
> rarities (and for seeing photos) and for getting timely, often
> in-the-field, updates. eBird is also quite useful in that you can set
> up alerts to tell you, within the hour, about birds that have been
> seen. Both eBird and Facebook have mobile apps that are more
> conducive to real-time updates than a listserv.
>
> An option that you can also check that doesn't require you to sign up
> for something is the (free) TX RBA put out by the folks at NARBA. You
> can see updates on this page:
>
> http://narba.org/texas-rba
>
> You might notice there that 6 of the 7 sources (this forum being the
> 7th) they list at the top are either Facebook or eBird related.
>
> --
> Eric Carpenter
> Austin
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Anthony Hewetson
> <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Greetings All:
> > It would be fantastic if more folk would post their sightings of the
> Common
> > Crane to texbirds. A lot of folk don't facebook (or don't facebook the
> > right people) and it is devilishly hard for regional compilers to track
> so
> > many social media at once.
> >
> > For example, was the bird seen on the 23rd. If so, I either didn't get
> the
> > texbirds post or no posts were made. The former is certainly possible
> > though I do think I am getting every texbirds post made now that I got
> rid
> > of my yahoo account. The latter seems more likely and, if so, this made
> it
> > very hard for me to answer the ten-twenty e-mails I got yesterday asking
> if
> > the bird was still being seen.
> >
> > So, in advance, my heartfelt appreciation to everybody who posts their
> > sighting of this bird to texbirds.
> >
> > As far as there being two Common Cranes, this is the first I've heard
> about
> > it .... and I would love to get more details about when, where, and who
> saw
> > two birds.
> >
> > Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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