Date: 6/18/25 1:22 pm From: Grant Stevenson <stevensongrant03...> Subject: Re: Not getting any posts
The listserv has also been a great forum for discussion of bird biology and
ecology, ie natural history. I particularly enjoy some of the experts like
Scott Weidensaul. I really appreciate everyone's "two cents". Education
equals conservation.
Grant Stevenson
West Bethlehem, Lehigh County
On Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 4:01 PM Sally Zaino <szaino...> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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
> > Blog:
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbecard.blogspot.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C581cab7f364c4e50a30508ddae99351d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638858695218741753%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6Vtrt69qIngakl0X0FOjFRzaRN%2FRnKTvTWCGGedxC4I%3D&reserved=0 > <http://becard.blogspot.com/> > >
> >
> > -----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
> > ________________________________
> > 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
> >
> >
>
