[texbirds] Re: Texbirds no longer the place for current info on rare birds
- From: carolynohl@xxxxxxx
- To: j.rathjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 09:32:23 -0400 (EDT)
I think you can sign up for emails about TX rare birds on NARBA for free if you
don't like to do facebook. Susan Billitdeaux does an awesome job of getting the
info out there pronto, as she did with the Golden-crowned Sparrow. Years ago I
didn't get news of bird sightings because I didn't have a computer. Now I'm on
top of things. I don't do facebook but I do facebook TEXBIRDS. I don't
understand why anyone wouldn't want to do that even if you don't " friend" a
single person, or do a single post on facebook. Technology is awesome.
Carolyn Ohl-Johnson
Big Bend area
-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Rathjen <j.rathjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, May 18, 2013 7:30 am
Subject: [texbirds] Texbirds no longer the place for current info on rare birds
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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