We have been through this before. The original Minnesota birding listserve,
MnBird, has and will always welcome any sightings and birdly related
discussions. In a divisive split, the MOU set up a website that was to have
the purpose of serving MOU members with rare and unusual bird sightings, along
with MOU business related items. That was the original intent and remains so
today, I think. Some MOU members, for personal reasons, refuse to post
sightings to the MnBird listserve, although most subscribe to both listserves
and thus occasionally get duplicate posts. It works the other direction as
well. Intelligent, unselfish birders whose main goal is to share bird
sightings will often forward the appropriate sightings that get posted to only
one website so no one goes uninformed. Keep the language clean, tempers in
check, and post rare stuff to both sites and everyday stuff to MnBird. My
advice is to subscribe to both and share and learn all you can. Getting caught
u
p in name-calling and taking sides is a huge waste of valuable birding time,
and does absolutely no good any of us. Just think of what you are missing out
there! Could be a Cinnamon Teal!
Diane M. Anderson RT(R)
Medical Imaging Technical Services
Department of Radiology
Mayo Clinic Rochester
(507) 266-8504
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