[nysbirds-l] Netiquette & Western Tanager report fatigue

[Arie Gilbert]

Paul, I concur. However... Not everyone seeks the same info from 'the list'.  Some folks actually like the daily reports of non rarities, {go figure} such as visitors who can get an idea of whats around by reading the archives in preparation for a trip to this area, etc. Back in the early days of the internet, with dial-up modems and pay per amount of time/data, there was a convention that should be resurrected. Trip reports were prefaced 'TR' in the subject line, rare birds were 'RBA', requests for information were 'RFI', and so on. That way after downloading the subject headers in one pass, {to save one from using up their monthly limit } one could go back in a second pass and download just the messages interested in. As far as too many Western tanager reports,  provided its in the subject line its quite rapid to hit delete, but for those who are encumbered by work and other annoying distractions, knowing that a bird is still present { ie what is otherwise construed as too many reports } helps.   If one uses an 'email client' such as Thunderbird, one can set up 'filters'.  These can automatically delete unwanted messages and more. But what if we think of the list as a newspaper kinda.  There is the comics, the financials, the sports pages, the local news etc. Do folks complain there is too much news and not enough comics? I wish that more stuff around the state was reported, and cross-posted from regional lists as well.  In addition to TR or RFI or RBA adding the 'county' in the subject line would help too. Or perhaps we can get Lloyd to come out of retirement and put his Metro Birding Briefs back on.  ;) Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com  WWW.qcbirdclub.org On 11/30/2016 9:28 AM, Paul R Sweet wrote: Personally I'd rather my inbox fill with reports of genuinely rare birds than mundane daily lists of birds seen in Central Park. E-bird is an appropriate place for this data? What if everyone posted their daily bird walk lists to this list? Just my opinion. Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941 On Nov 29, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Deborah Allen <dalle...@earthlink.net> wrote: In my opinion, one report per day giving the general area where the bird was found is sufficient. Deb Allen -----Original Message----- From: brian.whip...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 29, 2016 9:27 AM To: Dennis Hrehowsik , "nysbirds-l@cornell.edu" Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager city hall pk Manhattan YES I'm not tired of it. I still haven't been able to find time to see the bird, what with being out of town for Thanksgiving and being at work, so I appreciate the updates. I still want to know if I have a chance whenever I find time to run to City Hall Park. I would guess I'm speaking for other birders too. In my opinion, a rarity is post-worthy for as long as it's present. Thanks for posting, Dennis. On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:17 AM Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangs...@gmail.com> wrote: I'm sure everyone is tired of reports about this bird and (I won't say but) it continues in same location of city hall park (east west path in NE corner) for anyone who was considering trying for it.  Bird was hunkered in a tree with yellow leaves on south side of east west path near city hall gate it made one or two little half hearted nasally calls which alerted me to its presence. Dennis Hrehowsik Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7924 / Virus Database: 4664/13509 - Release Date: 11/30/16