That's how I see it for the best single source of information for the location of birds in the state of Colorado and it was killed by eBird. I put sightings on eBird most of the time but it's less and less. I'm told that eBird is a wonderful thing. Such a source of public information. Then again there are those "Anonymous" lists that no-one can see. Maybe it is, but to me it is a part of a tech age of birding I can't adjust to and can't grasp no matter how many times somebody shows me how to use it. Friends can pull stuff up on their phones like magic. I can't get it. "Just pull up the map on your phone" they say. Yeah, right.
I can understand why the compilers are retiring. The RBA has become ridiculously time consuming if you check eBird for everything the way Allison does. I tried to do it and just can't. And I guess it isn't just eBird that's killed the RBA. It's FaceBook along with it. There was a time when sightings were reported to Cobirds and the RBA could be compiled from Cobirds but no longer. FB and eBird is killing Cobirds as a reporting tool too. Raise a toast to the RBA and remember it fondly. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siF9%3DnVG%3DAXXG8yOQBLMrVOs6TvpOL5FoweUK8O6BGyLkQ%40mail.gmail.com.
