Date: 6/18/25 12:30 pm From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: Re: Not getting any posts
Thanks Dave! I too won't give up yet 🙂, no one has said to "stop" since I took the reins of this RBA decades ago.
Not even sure who would continue it or notice if it stopped, but I like having a western PA compilation/history even if I get behind on sending them out. I've also never heard of 'Discord' or 'GroupMe'!
Amy Taracido
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Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 2:51 PM
To: 'Amy Taracido' <amytaracido...>; Address PABIRDS <PABIRDS...>
Subject: RE: Not getting any posts
Hi Amy,
I feel your pain. I had given up on my Eastern PA Birdline when
"up-to-the-second" eBird and text alert reports made my weekly posts
basically "old news", but I still slog through pages and pages of reports
from several different sources in order to write up the Sightings Report for
our local Audubon Society newsletter, so I know how tedious it is. Thanks
for all your past reports.
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From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania <PABIRDS...> On
Behalf Of Amy Taracido
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 2:36 PM
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Subject: Re: Not getting any posts
I'm late in replying to this topic, but I still am grateful for any posts
sent here to the Listserv, for my Rare Bird Alert reporting. Because:
I've had to rely more and more on eBird's weekly summaries lately for my
reports, and it takes way more time to sift through those; because even with
them being summaries of highlights, they are filled with many duplicates,
unconfirmed rarities, and the summary will often include a grackle but NOT a
Piping Plover which is so odd and unhelpful. So I often have to go over into
each eBird reporter's entire list.
Amy Taracido
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From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania <PABIRDS...> on
behalf of Michael Fialkovich
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Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 7:52 PM
To: <PABIRDS...> <PABIRDS...>
Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Not getting any posts
Hi Dave,
The reason you are not receiving messages is the liserv has been replaced
with text postings using Discord and GroupMe apps. People use those to
report rare birds and other observations, so there is very little on the
listerv these days. It's the same with most if not all listservs.
Some of us try to continue to post some information because we miss it, but
usage is way down.
Mike FialkovichAllegheny County
