Date: 7/6/26 12:07 pm From: Andrew List <alist...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Congratulations on 30 years of Massbird!
Thank you Barbara for all you have done for birders and birding!
We love Massbird.
All the best,
Andrew List
> On Jul 6, 2026, at 10:45 AM, Haynes Miller <hrm...> wrote:
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> An opportune date for the return to life! Today marks the THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY of the birth of Massbird!
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> Ten years ago the encomium below appeared on Massbird. I think we have seen in the past ten years as many changes in technology as in the previous twenty, but thanks to Barbara's endless energy and expertise, it's still a key part of Massachusetts birding today. Thanks to the community and especially to Barbara Volkle!
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> Haynes Miller
> Newton
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>> On Jul 6, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Haynes Miller <hrm...> <mailto:<hrm...>> wrote:
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>> Twenty years ago, less than 15% of Americans had internet access, and those
>> that did used their phone lines. RBAs were recorded Audubon telephone
>> messages, or informal phone trees. There was a national bird discussion
>> forum called BirdChat, and regional email lists onto which the Audubon
>> messages were transcribed.
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>> Twenty years ago today the following letter appeared in my inbox.
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>> Subject: Welcome to massbird
>> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 10:43:30 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: <Majordomo...> <mailto:<Majordomo...> >> Reply-To: <Majordomo...> <mailto:<Majordomo...> >> To: <hrm...> <mailto:<hrm...> >>
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>> Barbara Volkle was the visionary behind this, and through the intervening
>> two decades - a human generation! - she has stood in the wheelhouse, dodging
>> squalls, putting out deck fires, repairing the engine, and steering the ship
>> according to the guide star of the community's common passion.
>>
>> Congratulations, Barbara, and thank you! MassBird has been the success you
>> thought it would be, and more. It has made us all better birders, and
>> created a much broader birding community in the Boston area. You have truly
>> been our majordomo!
>>
>>
>> Haynes Miller
>> Newton
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> On 7/6/26 11:27 AM, massbird-digest wrote:
>> massbird-digest Monday, July 6 2026 Volume 18 : Number 852
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>> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 20:39:33 -0400
>> From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> <mailto:<barb620...> >> Subject: [MASSBIRD] MASSBIRD is back!
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>> Massbird is back!
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>> After a hiatus, we are back to running on the same software as before.I
>> hope for a soon transition to newer software.
>>
>> The list of subscribers has been reconstructed.I’ll be spending time in
>> the next week or so going through the logs and checking that requests
>> have been made are reflected here.
>> If you find your subscription is not right, contact me directly and I
>> will take care of it.Be specific in your request.
>>
>> The list charter, guidelines, and administrative commands are at
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>> https://massbird.org/massbird-charter/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://massbird.org/massbird-charter/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1783959795000000&usg=AOvVaw2pyo75o6SA6VTYF8Nv31kz> .
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>> Thanks for your patience.Looking forward to your birding news!
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>>
>> Barbara Volkle
>> Northborough, MA
>> <Barb620...> <mailto:<Barb620...> >
