Speaking of Upstate, I really appreciate Joan Collins's detailed updates from Long Lake. Her writing near rivals Thoreau's. I always learn so much.
Thanks to everyone for keeping the bird broadcasts alive! On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Angus Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > New York is a large and geographically diverse state and I suspect one of > the problems undermining the usefulness of this STATEWIDE list as well as > contributing to the impression that it is principally focused on downstate, > is the careless use of location information. > > Too often posts simply assume locations will be familiar to people living > hundreds of miles away and make no effort to accommodate the wider > readership. I suspect cross-posting to more localized lists (where this is > less of a problem) is a contributing factor but in truth vague subject > lines and location information has been a problem for years. Why should a > birder in northern NY or far western NY be expected to know the name of > some pond or beach on Long Island? Taking a few extra clicks to include the > county or general region in the subject line makes a HUGE difference to the > usefulness of the list as a news sharing tool. 'Me too' posts also > contribute to the chatter but can be useful especially with noteworthy > rarities. > > It would be nice to seem more information sharing from every corner of NYS > to know what's happening in the broader sense. I suspect most folks don't > have the bandwidth to subscribe to all the regional lists. > > Angus Wilson > New York City > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
