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
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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!
