Date: 6/18/25 1:01 pm From: Sally Zaino <szaino...> Subject: Re: Not getting any posts
Putting in my two cents for not giving up the listserv. It’s simple and to the point. So many different social media out there, I vote to keep the listserv as a clearing house for everyone.
> On Jun 18, 2025, at 3:30 PM, Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> wrote:
>
> 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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> From: <becard...> <becard...>
> 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.
>
> Take care and Good birding,
> Dave DeReamus
> Palmer Township, Northampton County, PA
> becard -at- rcn.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania <PABIRDS...> On
> Behalf Of Amy Taracido
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 2:36 PM
> To: <PABIRDS...>
> 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
> <0000012b4af48ab0-dmarc-request...>
> 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
>
>
