With all due respect to everyone here, there was, to me, a gap in the info being posted from about 9:35 to sometime after 2, on all of the sources of info that I know of. I track MOU-NET and MOU-RBA, the Minnesota Birding Facebook page, the MOU facebook page, and the Minnesota Rare Bird Alert Facebook page. I was mostly checking for my dad, who was unable to head up there until about 2:30pm. None of those sources had anything concrete or current from about 9:35 until I posted requesting for updates in a number of those places. All of these are public, usually with a short lag to subscribe. Other facebook groups (if that's what you're thinking of?) may not be public and indeed "secret", and thus not even findable if you search, and therefore not exactly useful to down-staters or out-of-staters.
It's of course very true that with more avenues for reporting it can be harder to get instant information. I find this balanced by the fact that some of these other avenues have attracted more birders who have found more cool stuff. Still, for a fabulous bird like this, I would have expected a fairly constant chatter on ALL those platforms. A gap from mid morning to mid afternoon seems like a long time to me, esp. when people in faraway places might be making decisions about traveling to see this bird. Thanks to all who have posted anything about this bird! Jesse Ellis Cedar Rapids, IA On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Mike imap <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > Which platforms is information about the ivory gull being posted to? > > Thanks, > > Mike Koutnik > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 2, 2016, at 6:16 PM, MOU admin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > (Posted by John Richardson <[email protected]> via moumn.org) > > > > It was seen at 4:45pm today flying over Canal Park. > > > > P.S. Jason Caddy, I think there has been plenty of information out there > about the > > Ivory Gull, but as you rightly indicated, not much on here? Many/most > are using > > other platforms to communicate it seems? With the age of Smartphones > sending > > emails is becoming secondary I find with many.... > > > > Best, > > > > John Richardson > > Duluth, MN > > ---- > > 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 > -- Jesse Ellis ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
