The Daily Alert is the only email from VA-bird that I am sure to read each
day.
David Matson
Suffolk and Onancock
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Ned Brinkley <23cahow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi everyone, I guess the main issue here is that by now, after a decade or
so, almost everyone has heard of ebird, and anyone who wants to find out
about what birds have been seen in their area, or in the state, can manage
alerts for themselves. This way, instead of a daily group email forwarded,
everyone would be able to tailor their interests at the level of county and
state so that they can receive alerts in the areas of specific interest to
them. It's very easy to set up under My Ebird. And of course you don't have
to submit checklists in order to receive the alerts. So I tend to be in
favor of reducing clutter on listserves, as Tom suggests.
Ned Brinkley
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 28, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Tom Saunders <birdnerd53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:on a
I subscribe to VA-bird in the digest format and usually end up reading
phone or tablet. I suspect that many others do the same. In the best ofof
times that means lots of scrolling to work down through the messages and
I've developed a keen appreciation for brevity. I find the daily posting
" [Va-bird] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Virginia Rare Bird Alert <daily>"can
particularly unhelpful and time wasting. For example, today's version has
nine reports of dark-eyed junco (among numerous other species), each of
which consumed at least seven lines of text. I have a hard time believing
that information useful to anyone. Anyone who wishes to see this report
easily subscribe to it through eBird.Contact
My instinct is to contact the poster and ask him to knock it off or, at
least, to edit the posts to eliminate duplicates, etc. Before I do that,
however, I thought I'd poll the list to see how many find value in these
daily posts vs. those who, like me, would prefer they be omitted.
me off line to vote yea or nay and I'll report back to the list in a fewunsubscribe, or modify your preferences please visit
days, no matter which way the vote goes.
Tom Saunders
Kilmarnock
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