On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 17:30 Donald Dehm via groups.io <donalddehm=
<gmail.com...> 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=
> <aol.com...> wrote:
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>> 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=
>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>> Mason C
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