[texbirds] Re: Texbirds no longer the place for current info on rare birds
- From: Graham Floyd <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: j.rathjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 07:33:29 -0500
I fully agree with that sentiment. How can we revive Texbirds?
Graham Floyd,
San Antonio, TX
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Janet Rathjen <j.rathjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> It would seem that Texas birders are no longer posting current updates on
> rare
> birds to Texbirds. So far only Mary Gustafsen was willing to post an
> immediate
> notice about the Golden-crowned Sparrow down in South Padre Island after
> she
> received a phone call reporting it. And only Erik followed up with
> details on
> where it was being seen. Yet I just received a phone call indicating that
> 30
> people were down there yesterday looking at the bird all afternoon and not
> one
> of them posted an update to let those of us living hours away know it was
> still
> there so we could decide whether is was worth the 6+ hour drive down to
> try for
> it. He found out about it only via the facebook page. I have not even
> received
> a TOSRBA alert about it.
>
>
> WHAT GIVES? Are the rest of us not being invited to the party? Are we no
> longer being included in up to date chase info anymore? Is no one willing
> to
> cross post important findings like this so the rest of us can know what is
> going
> on? I have been seeing more and more snippets from people asking for
> details on
> a rare bird's location that has only been posted to facebook and not
> Texbirds,
> so the first I hear about it is in the RFI post. I'm beginning to think
> that
> Texbirds is going by the way side if so many people think that it is no
> longer
> necessary to post rare birds to Texbirds anymore.
>
> Please, Please remember that not all Texas birders are on facebook!
> Please post
> to Texbirds as well, so everyone else can find out about the rare birds.
> Feel
> free to cross post Rare Bird Alerts to Texbirds if you see them on
> Facebook and
> not on Texbirds!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Janet Rathjen
> Houston, TX
>
> PS. leaving for the Valley now to try for the sparrow. Hope it's still
> there
> since no one has posted a morning update yet.
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