[texbirds] Re: Texbirds no longer the place for current info on rare birds
- From: "Stevan Hawkins" <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Texbirds'" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:09 -0500
Janet:
Like, I hope, most everyone I want to have one centralized source for
current bird sightings in Texas. What I do not want is to need to check
two-three-four or more sites, groups, to accomplish what TexBirds was
designed to do.
The only reason I established my Facebook page was so I could get
notifications from a small number of groups.
Onward!
Steve
Stevan Hawkins
San Antonio TX
-----Original Message-----
From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Janet Rathjen
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:30 AM
To: Texbirds
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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