Hi Lloyd,
In hindsight, I regretted not answering the bell when you called prior to
disbanding Metro Birding Briefs. Like you, I thought the other mediums were
sufficient for NYC/S Bird coverage and still do.
I don't mind setting up something along the lines of MBB but I warn that I
would be quite strict on what gets reported.
Additionally, I should add that a few years ago I setup a twitter account for
NY rarities. The account has not seen much activity of late but that
could/easily change. It can be used by anyone wanting to tweet a NYS rarity
out. The handle is, @NYRareBirdAlert.
Rather than create another e-mail, I should add that a day of soggy Gulling
from Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn to as far as Robert Moses Long Island did not
net me much. Highlights included a 3rd cycle type Lesser Black-backed Gull on
the beach @ Field 5 RMSP and 1 juvenile Herring Gull, at FBF in front of the
Aviator Building. The juvenile HERG (Herring Gull), was a rather clean looking
individual, suggesting one from a local colony.
Hopefully, no one kvetches about me slipping Gull stuff in here 😁
Cheers,
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> On Nov 30, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Lloyd Spitalnik <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> When I disbanded Metro Birding Briefs it was because I felt it outlived its
> usefulness. There were too many other places were reporting their Rarity
> sightings and info was getting diluted. It didn't take much time out of my
> life to run it. I'm not interested in resurrecting it but somebody (Andrew B.
> or even Dave K.) could set it up quite easily. Initially all it requires is
> setting up a list of acceptable birds to be reported. I used YahooGroups
> which is free to set it up. The main thing is whoever volunteers to do it has
> to be very strict about what is sent to the list. Integrity of the list is
> paramount. At least that's the way I maintained it. Several people over the
> years were taken off the site.
> Birding Dude and Dave, how about it?
> All my best,
> Lloyd
> [email protected]
>
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Arie Gilbert <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> Paul,
>>
>> I concur. However...
>>
>> Not everyone seeks the same info from 'the list'. Some folks actually like
>> the daily reports of non rarities, {go figure} such as visitors who can get
>> an idea of whats around by reading the archives in preparation for a trip to
>> this area, etc.
>>
>> Back in the early days of the internet, with dial-up modems and pay per
>> amount of time/data, there was a convention that should be resurrected. Trip
>> reports were prefaced 'TR' in the subject line, rare birds were 'RBA',
>> requests for information were 'RFI', and so on. That way after downloading
>> the subject headers in one pass, {to save one from using up their monthly
>> limit } one could go back in a second pass and download just the messages
>> interested in.
>>
>> As far as too many Western tanager reports, provided its in the subject
>> line its quite rapid to hit delete, but for those who are encumbered by work
>> and other annoying distractions, knowing that a bird is still present { ie
>> what is otherwise construed as too many reports } helps.
>>
>> If one uses an 'email client' such as Thunderbird, one can set up 'filters'.
>> These can automatically delete unwanted messages and more.
>>
>> But what if we think of the list as a newspaper kinda. There is the comics,
>> the financials, the sports pages, the local news etc. Do folks complain
>> there is too much news and not enough comics?
>>
>> I wish that more stuff around the state was reported, and cross-posted from
>> regional lists as well. In addition to TR or RFI or RBA adding the 'county'
>> in the subject line would help too.
>>
>> Or perhaps we can get Lloyd to come out of retirement and put his Metro
>> Birding Briefs back on. ;)
>>
>> Arie Gilbert
>> North Babylon, NY
>>
>> WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com
>> WWW.qcbirdclub.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 11/30/2016 9:28 AM, Paul R Sweet wrote:
>>> Personally I'd rather my inbox fill with reports of genuinely rare birds
>>> than mundane daily lists of birds seen in Central Park. E-bird is an
>>> appropriate place for this data? What if everyone posted their daily bird
>>> walk lists to this list? Just my opinion.
>>>
>>> Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History
>>> | Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757
>>> 5941
>>>
>>> On Nov 29, 2016, at 10:20 AM, Deborah Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In my opinion, one report per day giving the general area where the bird
>>>> was found is sufficient.
>>>>
>>>> Deb Allen
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> Sent: Nov 29, 2016 9:27 AM
>>>> To: Dennis Hrehowsik , "[email protected]"
>>>> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Western Tanager city hall pk Manhattan YES
>>>>
>>>> I'm not tired of it. I still haven't been able to find time to see the
>>>> bird, what with being out of town for Thanksgiving and being at work, so I
>>>> appreciate the updates. I still want to know if I have a chance whenever I
>>>> find
>>>> time to run to City Hall Park. I would guess I'm speaking for other
>>>> birders too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In my opinion, a rarity is post-worthy for as long as it's present.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for posting, Dennis.
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:17 AM Dennis Hrehowsik
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> I'm sure everyone is tired of reports about this bird and (I won't say
>>>>> but) it continues in same location of city hall park (east west path in
>>>>> NE corner) for anyone who was considering trying for it. Bird was
>>>>> hunkered in a tree with yellow leaves on south side of east west path
>>>>> near city hall gate it made one or two little half hearted nasally calls
>>>>> which alerted me to its presence.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis Hrehowsik
>>>>> Brooklyn
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