I agree! Please keep CObird alive! I know so many people who still enjoy it and depend on it, not just scrolling through all the E bird lists. Libby Edwards Larimer County
> On May 25, 2020, at 9:10 AM, Ira Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. -- 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/07998FDE-F0B1-4F5F-816D-6A68BB77F502%40gmail.com.
