Date: 6/20/25 4:14 am From: Darwin Evangelista <000001f862a9bc86-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Fw: [PABIRDS] Not getting any posts
Just to chime in, I too enjoy this list serve. I know there are far fewer posts than there used to be, but I look forward to reading them. I use eBird, but I don’t look at that unless I’m going to a specific location. It’s fun to see what others are seeing in their neck of the woods.
Huey Evangelista
Laureldale, Berks County
> On 06/19/2025 1:33 PM EDT Becky Szabo <000000077d56e4ca-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> I enjoy the listserv and I access my email on my phone. I rarely look at ebird.
> Becky Szabo
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Jun 19, 2025, at 12:05 PM, Denise Donmoyer <000001e955117cc8-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> > I have never understood why things like this listserv become more obsolete in favor of other similar reporting sites any more than I understand why the same thing seems to have happened to e-mail in favor of social media. I can do the same things with e-mail that they do with social media. I have gone to the e-bird site and the first thing I saw was the words "Let's Get Started" which sends and immediate adverse reaction up my spine! I really don't like to sit in front of the computer any longer than I have to and phrases like that signal that I'm about to be asked to jump through electronic hoops that I'm not interested in. Maybe people find these sites easier to use because they are accessing them on a phone. I don't use a cell phone. When I tell people this it they have a reaction akin to anaphylactic shock.. There's a simple reason why I don't use a cell phone....I don't get a cell signal where I live and I'm at home 90% of the time so a cell phone wouldn't make sense. I have noticed, however, that when the other reporting sites are experiencing problems some birders turn back to this old tried and true listserv. Just sayin'
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> > Sweet Arrow Lake 6/19/25
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> > Lots of Woodthrush
> > Veery
> > Scarlet Tanager
> > Green Heron
> > Kingfisher
> > Pileated Woodpecker
> > Flicker
> > Double-crested Cormorant
> > Bald Eagle
> > Oriole
> > Great Horned Owl
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> > Denise Donmoyer
> > Sweet Arrow Lake
> > Pine Grove, Schuylkill Co.
> > <nightowl57...>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania [mailto:<PABIRDS...>] On Behalf Of R.L. Cleary
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 8:00 PM
> > To: <PABIRDS...>
> > Subject: [PABIRDS] Fw: [PABIRDS] Not getting any posts
> >
> > I'm with those who miss the listserve and/or want to keep it going.
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Sally Zaino <szaino...>To: "<pabirds...>" <pabirds...>Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 04:01:37 PM EDTSubject: Re: [PABIRDS] 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.
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> >> On Jun 18, 2025, at 3:30 PM, Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> wrote:
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> >> 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'!
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> >> 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
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> >> Hi Amy,
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> >> 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%7C
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> >> kl0X0FOjFRzaRN%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
> >>
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> >
