Date: 6/29/25 5:42 am From: Meg Harmsen <000003d4354b962c-dmarc-request...> Subject: [JERSEYBI] WP article: What We’ll Lose If Bird Banding Ends
ICYMI, the Washington Post had an article this past week on the threat to eliminate USGS’s Ecosystems Mission Area funding that supports the Bird Banding Laboratory and the North American Breeding Bird Survey. It’s good to see the issue being elevated. I hope it’s not too late.
Date: 6/15/25 9:44 am From: Dena Temple <000006db6638e63f-dmarc-request...> Subject: [JERSEYBI] Where will Jerseybirders retire?
Laurie, if this is not allowed, please delete with my apologies. It relates to Jersey and birders, so here goes.
Many NJ birders are either at or near retirement age. I'm sure, like me, many of you hoped to spend your days birding around all your favorite NJ hotspots, only to realize you just can't afford to stay. If you are in this situation, I recommend you give Mississippi Gulf Coast a look. It's a Certified Retirement Region.
Housing costs are laughable compared to NJ, for starters. Middle class in NJ means waterfront palaces are suddenly within your budget! Other costs are somewhat comparable; homeowners insurance is higher in MS, but car insurance is lower.
Most important to you, Jerseybirders, are the birds. My house, one mile from the beach in Waveland, is loaded with birds! Anhingas and Bald Eagles soar overhead. We have nesting Bluebirds, Red-headed Woodpeckers, and a half-dozen other species. In migration, our large oaks and magnolias attract warblers, Orioles, Tanagers, and vireos. Our yard list for 2025 is up to 87 species! I have frigatebird and Common Gallinule on my yard list! There is an active Audubon chapter on the coast with field trips and ample opportunities to volunteer as well. You're a day's drive to major IBAs like Dauphin Island, AL, and great refuges in LA.
We are putting our house in Waveland, MS, up for sale to allow us to move closer to family in Florida. Waveland is a great town, adjacent to Bay St. Louis, named one of the prettiest and friendliest small towns in the South. Fishing and boating are also fantastic, with NO CROWDS!
The Mississippi Gulf Coast has long been known as a vacation area for new Orleans residents, and retired folks are flocking here from high-cost states like NJ, NY, and CA.
If anyone is considering a move and would like more info about the area or even our house, feel free to email me.
Good birding, Dena Temple <Denat01...> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Date: 6/11/25 5:46 pm From: Michael Testa <0000138fc18dda4c-dmarc-request...> Subject: [JERSEYBI] Bayshore Bobwhites, Chats, and Yellow-throated warbler
This afternoon while conducting field work in the Heislersville area I had calling Bobwhites and many chats at two locations. Also had a singing Yellow- Throated Warbler at one location along with the usual Blue Grosbeaks, Brown Thrashers and Indigo Buntings and Yellow Billed Cuckoo’s.
Date: 6/5/25 7:44 am From: Laurie Larson <0000057b603ab9b2-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [JERSEYBI] Leaving New Jersey
Susan, Thank you, officially and personally, for your work on the Jerseybirds listserve, and thank you for being willing to “call in” from your new home and continue to help. It has been wonderful to be able to rely on you. We all wish you success and adventures in your new home, and hope you’ll keep in touch when you can, and return to visit us.
Thank you, thank you! Laurie Lumberton, NJ
> On Jun 5, 2025, at 8:42 AM, Susan Treesh <00001df5aaabea0d-dmarc-request...> wrote: > > Hi Jerseybirders - > > I am moving out of state - to Ohio - later this month, but didn't want to leave without saying goodbye to Jerseybirds after all these years. Though it's not really goodbye, as I will continue to share administration with Laurie Larson from afar. It's obviously a much lighter load than it used to be! > > I was the first poster on Jerseybirds, and I'm still a believer in such "long form" writing about birds. I've always enjoyed discussion and speculation over "just" lists of birds and rarity reports. But platforms for bird talk have expanded so widely that I'm not sure from where such discussions and reports will in the future originate. It's interesting to have seen text alerts move over from SMS to GroupMe and other apps, and now Discord is moving in to provide a seemingly all-encompassing platform - Ohio no longer has any text alerts. And I shouldn't forget that Jerseybirds itself supplanted online bulletin boards - which actually are mimicked much more closely by Discord than by any other platforms. It is a pity that the ABA's efforts to provide an archiving service by housing all the states' listservs in one place is less useful than it was. Being able to look up reports of an historic sighting, or observations after a significant weather event, is a great servic! e. Perhaps the ABA will find a way to link to Discord in the future. > > I'm sure New Jersey birding will continue to draw me back - there aren't many Brant to be seen and heard along the Ohio River! - so I will expect to encounter many of you in the future! > > Good birding, > > Susan Treesh > Somerset > > List Guidelines: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind2107&L=JERSEYBI&P=R685&X=OE8E22FEF3A2B10DFE5 > List help: <jerseybi-request...> > List archives: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=jerseybi > NJ Bird Records Committee: www.njbrc.com
Date: 6/5/25 5:53 am From: Gerald Peterson <ghpeterson...> Subject: Re: [JERSEYBI] Leaving New Jersey
Susan,
I'm a rare poster to NJ birds, but wish you well and thank you for your support of birds and NJ. I'm from the West, Colorado and Washington. Came to Red Bank NJ in 1966, moved to Ohio for three years in late 70s, then back to Morristown in 1977, been in Flemington area since 1988. So, I can say one can move and survive. I never intended to stay in NJ but retired 20 years ago and am still here.
God bless,
JerryClinton Township
Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android
On Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM, Susan Treesh<00001df5aaabea0d-dmarc-request...> wrote: Hi Jerseybirders -
I am moving out of state - to Ohio - later this month, but didn't want
to leave without saying goodbye to Jerseybirds after all these years.
Though it's not really goodbye, as I will continue to share
administration with Laurie Larson from afar. It's obviously a much
lighter load than it used to be!
I was the first poster on Jerseybirds, and I'm still a believer in such
"long form" writing about birds. I've always enjoyed discussion and
speculation over "just" lists of birds and rarity reports. But
platforms for bird talk have expanded so widely that I'm not sure from
where such discussions and reports will in the future originate. It's
interesting to have seen text alerts move over from SMS to GroupMe and
other apps, and now Discord is moving in to provide a seemingly
all-encompassing platform - Ohio no longer has any text alerts. And I
shouldn't forget that Jerseybirds itself supplanted online bulletin
boards - which actually are mimicked much more closely by Discord than
by any other platforms. It is a pity that the ABA's efforts to provide
an archiving service by housing all the states' listservs in one place
is less useful than it was. Being able to look up reports of an
historic sighting, or observations after a significant weather event, is
a great service. Perhaps the ABA will find a way to link to Discord in
the future.
I'm sure New Jersey birding will continue to draw me back - there aren't
many Brant to be seen and heard along the Ohio River! - so I will expect
to encounter many of you in the future!
Date: 6/5/25 5:42 am From: Susan Treesh <00001df5aaabea0d-dmarc-request...> Subject: [JERSEYBI] Leaving New Jersey
Hi Jerseybirders -
I am moving out of state - to Ohio - later this month, but didn't want to leave without saying goodbye to Jerseybirds after all these years. Though it's not really goodbye, as I will continue to share administration with Laurie Larson from afar. It's obviously a much lighter load than it used to be!
I was the first poster on Jerseybirds, and I'm still a believer in such "long form" writing about birds. I've always enjoyed discussion and speculation over "just" lists of birds and rarity reports. But platforms for bird talk have expanded so widely that I'm not sure from where such discussions and reports will in the future originate. It's interesting to have seen text alerts move over from SMS to GroupMe and other apps, and now Discord is moving in to provide a seemingly all-encompassing platform - Ohio no longer has any text alerts. And I shouldn't forget that Jerseybirds itself supplanted online bulletin boards - which actually are mimicked much more closely by Discord than by any other platforms. It is a pity that the ABA's efforts to provide an archiving service by housing all the states' listservs in one place is less useful than it was. Being able to look up reports of an historic sighting, or observations after a significant weather event, is a great service. Perhaps the ABA will find a way to link to Discord in the future.
I'm sure New Jersey birding will continue to draw me back - there aren't many Brant to be seen and heard along the Ohio River! - so I will expect to encounter many of you in the future!
