I am a member of the group it was posted to and in general I post about a sighting as soon as it I know about it. I was out and about when he posted it so I did not have time to post it here. I have shared sightings like the Clark's Nutcracker, and the Brown Pelican that were posted on the Minnesota Birding Facebook page first so it is not that they are not being shared it is that there are so many sources of sightings it is hard to follow them all.
What a great bird regardless. Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com On Saturday, May 10, 2014 8:11 PM, Michael Hendrickson <[email protected]> wrote: I just noticed on the Minnesota Birding Facebook site that a birder named Brian Plath spotted this warbler in his backyard today (no time given or address) outside Austin, MN. A photo depicting the bird was attached to the sighting. I am seeing a trend that many Minnesota birders who are not Facebook members are not knowing about casual or accidental sightings that have shown up in Minnesota. For example the Eurasian Tree Sparrow was posted initially on Facebook another Facebook site then shared on the Minesota Birding Facebook site. After 2-3 days this sighting eventually made to the MOU newsletter. This is not the first time this has happen where I see a significant sighting being posted on Minnesota Birding but it took 1-3 days after the initial sighting, the sighting was shared to the MOU listserv. Hopefully the administrators of Minnesota Birding on Facebook can discuss about sharing casual and accidental bird sightings in MN to the MOU listserv on a timely basis. Has anyone else besides me notice this trend? Maybe it's not a big deal but I thought I share this for discussion. Waiting for the warblers to arrive in Duluth. (-: Mike -- *Mike Hendrickson* *Mike Hendrickson Guiding <http://mikehendricksonguiding.com>* *Sax-Zim Bog <http://www.sax-zimbog.com>* ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
