Date: 6/20/25 1:36 pm From: Anne Annibali <anneanni...> Subject: Re: Not getting any posts
I'm another old school user and I've been wondering why there are so few posts nowadays. Since I don't follow any of the "new and improved???" apps, the Listserv is my only source for updates and observations and I will be greatly disappointed if it disappears completely. I've learned a lot over the years and always enjoy reading about other birders' sightings and experiences, and have felt privileged to share a few of my own stories as well. And I suspect there are a lot of people like me who only post rarely or not at all but still follow along regularly so I sincerely hope there's a way to keep it going.
Anne Annibali,
Mt. Gretna, Lebanon County
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From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania <PABIRDS...> on behalf of <becard...> <becard...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 2:51 PM
To: <PABIRDS...> <PABIRDS...>
Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] 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: http://becard.blogspot.com
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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
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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
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 07:43:06 PM EDT, Dave Inman
<mercer.county.bird.guy...> wrote:
We moved out of Pennsylvania several years ago but I still enjoy the posts
and discussions on the listserve. The amount of posts I'm seeing has slowly
gotten to be fewer and fewer until a few days ago when I got no new ones and
4 days later I've gotten nothing new at all which is strange since it's
spring migration. Can someone look into this please?
