Thanks Angus, I try my best to keep an eye out across the various media platforms to share here.
In 2018, I wrote a blog post (https://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-listserv-is-dead-long-live-listserv.html?m=1 ) highlighting the problem we are seeing with reporting across platforms. Since then, even more reporting tools are being utilized (see GroupMe). It’s near impossible to rein this horse in since it’s out the barn and to be clear, I am not against using any of the notification tools. I myself use many. The least we all could do is continue to try and cross post as best as we could in a timely manner. Cheers, -------- “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our mind.” ~ Bob Marley “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > On Mar 15, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Angus Wilson <oceanwander...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, Andrew! > > Alas, I find myself increasingly dependent on a handful of responsible > citizens such as yourself who regularly cross-post. Case in point, I was > blissfully unaware of this noteworthy find (already a couple of days old) and > suspect the same is true for many hundreds of birders across the state. With > the explosion of different social media platforms, we took one step forward > and two steps back. Keeping up with things only seems to be getting harder > and think it's high time the birders of New York State came up with a simple, > equitable solution to timely rare bird news sharing. > > The eBird alerts are great but lack prioritization and can be a little > overwhelming at times. Likewise, there are too many area-specific Twitter > feeds and who knows what else for anyone to keep track of. > > Some people are clearly better plugged in than others and it would useful to > hear about the strategies they use to monitor the airwaves. > > For now, cross-posting to this STATEWIDE listserve (NYSBIRDS-L) is always > worthwhile. > > Angus Wilson > New York City -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
