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!
