I also appreciate Kurts posting of the E-bird alert for Virginia to the Va-bird
list-serve.
I don't do E-bird, so if Kurt didn't post it, I would never see it.
If one doesn't like it, just delete it.
Donald Sweig
Falls Church, Va
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On Apr 28, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Janice Frye <byrdnyrd33@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It does indeed, especially since quite a few people are not on eBird and
others quit posting to the listserve or never started due to the behaviors
the internet tends to generate...
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Marc Ribaudo <moribaudo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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Marc Ribaudo
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Tom Saunders <birdnerd53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I subscribe to VA-bird in the digest format and usually end up reading ona
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.to unsubscribe, or modify your preferences please visit
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. Contact
me off line to vote yea or nay and I'll report back to the list in a few
days, no matter which way the vote goes.
Tom Saunders
Kilmarnock
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