Date: 12/31/25 5:59 pm From: Damien J. Simbeck via groups.io <tnbarredowl...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Long-eared Owl
That just means folks will have another media option that they don't post findings on. If they don’t post on the listserve, why would they post on a different app.
I do not want anyone to think I disrespected anyone. I just wonder why no one posts bird sightings on the listserve anymore. Folks just put their lists in eBird and their done.
Damien Simbeck
Killen AL
Sent from my (non-Apple) phone. You can teach an old dog new tricks!
On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 17:30 Donald Dehm via groups.io <donalddehm...> wrote:
The “Signal” App allows up to 1000 members in a group.
I have created a group called “Alabama Birding Group”.
You can download the App in your phone platform store. You can also use it on your desktop.
No hate keeping, no disrespect towards others, always put the bird’s well being first.
Donald
On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 16:41 Grace via groups.io <larwood...> wrote:
The gate keeping isn’t eBird.
It’s the fact that when I arrived to see the owl - there were a lot of people that already knew about it.
The info could have been shared safely on an app with instructions rather than just the same people who always seem to know …
I’m done. Remove me from the list.
Grace
On Dec 31, 2025, at 4:37 PM, Mason Currier via groups.io <masonacurrier...> wrote:
That being said, ebird’s never gonna change the status of the Birmingham sightings. If someone reports a Long-eared anywhere in the US on ebird, that report will always be sensitive. No one is gate keeping. It’s just how the website we all have chosen to use for birding works.
