Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

['Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds]

 
Hello all,

I would like to join others in showing appreciation for the compilers of the 
RBA we see on Cobirds. Since I spend most of the year thousands of miles away 
from Colorado in West Africa, I don’t get any direct use of the RBA for 
birding. But I did enjoy seeing a compilation of the most interesting or 
unusual bird sightings from Colorado as a way to keep up with what is happening 
in Colorado. Many thanks to Joyce and then Joe and his team of volunteers and 
all of the other compilers who have provided this service.

Bob Andrews

Yekepa, Nimba Co., Liberia, West Africa


On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 09:26:03 AM MDT, Joe Roller  
wrote:  
 
 
Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared via 
Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or Report). For 13 
years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of rarities from all over 
the state, posting it with dates and places on the Cobirds listserv and into 
your email inboxes.

After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile the 
report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to continue this 
informational service, which has been sponsored for years by the Denver Field 
Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join the RBA team of 
compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA is over now.

By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of dedicated 
birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who phoned in daily 
field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting birders could dial in 
to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the changing parade of 
rarities moving through Colorado.

Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in the 
1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an excited 
birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union Reservoir 
today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list to let them 
know!"

Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't know. 

In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue beyond 
the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of Colorado 
rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at www.ebird.org/alerts)

The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a checklist 
is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)

On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us to 
share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding!

 Joe Roller, Denver


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RE: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[Dave Hyde]

I am saddened that the RBA is defunct and, wish to add my thanks to the 
compilers like Joyce Takamine,  David Suddjian and Joe Roller and others who 
have done the compilations. For me, the daily emails give me an idea of what is 
coming my way in Larimer County and the rare birds reported always perk my 
interest so I go outside to see what pops up here at home. My best wishes to 
all the bird watchers in Colorado and good luck to us all in spotting those 
rarities. And thanks again to all those involved in the RBA and CObirders – 
Dave Hyde/nr Storm Mountain/Larimer Cty.

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From: Diana Beatty<mailto:otowi33...@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:46 PM
To: dickfi...@hotmail.com<mailto:dickfi...@hotmail.com>
Cc: jroll...@gmail.com<mailto:jroll...@gmail.com>; Colorado 
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Subject: Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

One suggestion I might offer to those missing the RBA and not finding eBird 
rare bird alerts quite a perfect substitute -
You might consider your local birding community starting a WhatsApp group.  
Someone graciously started one awhile ago for my area and people share 
interesting sightings there and answer questions, etc.  It may not be perfect, 
like anything else,  but it can cover a different area than county level, if 
you wish, and allows for reports of more birds than those deemed rare by eBird. 
 If you don't like your phone pinging at you often, you can set it up not to 
alert you and instead you need to go in to the app at your desire to read the 
posts.  Does require a smart phone, though.

Diana Beatty
El Paso County

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:23 PM Dick Filby 
mailto:dickfi...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Joe, Joyce, all volunteers who have done the RBA, a hearty thankyou is the 
least that you deserve. Much appreciated and avidly read over the years by 
hundreds, nay thousands of birders, in state, and from far beyond.

E-bird offers a replacement of sorts, and I won't go into the benefits, nor the 
downsides of it at this time, other than to say I that I find it exceedingly 
time consuming wading through piles of e-bird rare bird alert emails in the 
hope of finding a timely update on an interesting bird to maybe chase, or 
wondering what may have been seen in general.

Meanwhile, I sincerely hope that birders will continue to post their most 
interesting observations to this Cobirds group for a long time to come. I am 
sure they are very popular and well received by many.

For those interested in western colorado birds, please be aware that 'wsbn' is 
an active Google Group for sharing bird sightings and observations for the 
'Western Slope'

Thanks again to all for the statewide RBA. I for one will miss it.

Good birding

DickFilby
Carbondale, CO



Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone


 Original message 
From: Joe Roller mailto:jroll...@gmail.com>>
Date: 5/26/20 09:26 (GMT-07:00)
To: Colorado Birds mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared via 
Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or Report). For 13 
years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of rarities from all over 
the state, posting it with dates and places on the Cobirds listserv and into 
your email inboxes.
After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile the 
report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to continue this 
informational service, which has been sponsored for years by the Denver Field 
Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join the RBA team of 
compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA is over now.
By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of dedicated 
birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who phoned in daily 
field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting birders could dial in 
to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the changing parade of 
rarities moving through Colorado.
Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in the 
1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an excited 
birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union Reservoir 
today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list to let them 
know!"
Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't know.
In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue beyond 
the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of Colorado 
rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at 
www.ebird.org/alerts<https://nam12

RE: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[mblackford]

Thanks to all who have contributed in the past to RBA reports.  It was a great 
source of information for the sightings within Colorado.    And, it was greatly 
appreciated.  I understand, that without volunteers,  its impossible to 
continue.  So, I would like to thank all those who contributed their time. 
Maureen BlackfordBoulder County part-time resident
 Original message From: Joe Roller  Date: 
5/26/20  8:26 AM  (GMT-07:00) To: Colorado Birds  
Subject: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! Daily updates on 
rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared via Cobirds for over 14 
years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or Report). For 13 years, Joyce 
Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of rarities from all over the state, 
posting it with dates and places on the Cobirds listserv and into your email 
inboxes.After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to 
compile the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to 
continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by the 
Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join the RBA 
team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA is over 
now.By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who phoned 
in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting birders 
could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the changing 
parade of rarities moving through Colorado.Even before that, DFO sponsored a 
"telephone tree" notification list in the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the 
tree would get a a call from an excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb 
found a Little Gull at Union Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next 
two birders on the list to let them know!"Before that? Perhaps birders used two 
tin cans and a string -- I don't know. In any event, the joy of sharing goes 
back a long time and will continue beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, 
eBird provides free updates of Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as 
hourly. (Sign up at www.ebird.org/alerts)The CFO website has a section where 
bird reports appear the moment a checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)On 
behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us to share 
the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding! Joe Roller, 
Denver



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Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[Diana Beatty]

One suggestion I might offer to those missing the RBA and not finding eBird
rare bird alerts quite a perfect substitute -
You might consider your local birding community starting a WhatsApp group.
Someone graciously started one awhile ago for my area and people share
interesting sightings there and answer questions, etc.  It may not be
perfect, like anything else,  but it can cover a different area than county
level, if you wish, and allows for reports of more birds than those deemed
rare by eBird.  If you don't like your phone pinging at you often, you can
set it up not to alert you and instead you need to go in to the app at your
desire to read the posts.  Does require a smart phone, though.

Diana Beatty
El Paso County

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:23 PM Dick Filby  wrote:

> Joe, Joyce, all volunteers who have done the RBA, a hearty thankyou is the
> least that you deserve. Much appreciated and avidly read over the years by
> hundreds, nay thousands of birders, in state, and from far beyond.
>
> E-bird offers a replacement of sorts, and I won't go into the benefits,
> nor the downsides of it at this time, other than to say I that I find it
> exceedingly time consuming wading through piles of e-bird rare bird alert
> emails in the hope of finding a timely update on an interesting bird to
> maybe chase, or wondering what may have been seen in general.
>
> Meanwhile, I sincerely hope that birders will continue to post their most
> interesting observations to this Cobirds group for a long time to come. I
> am sure they are very popular and well received by many.
>
> For those interested in western colorado birds, please be aware that
> 'wsbn' is an active Google Group for sharing bird sightings and
> observations for the 'Western Slope'
>
> Thanks again to all for the statewide RBA. I for one will miss it.
>
> Good birding
>
> DickFilby
> Carbondale, CO
>
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
>  Original message 
> From: Joe Roller 
> Date: 5/26/20 09:26 (GMT-07:00)
> To: Colorado Birds 
> Subject: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!
>
> Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared
> via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or
> Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of
> rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places
> on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.
>
> After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile
> the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to
> continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by
> the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join
> the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA
> is over now.
>
> By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of
> dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who
> phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting
> birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the
> changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.
>
> Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in
> the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an
> excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union
> Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list
> to let them know!"
>
> Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't
> know.
>
> In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue
> beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of
> Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at
> www.ebird.org/alerts
> 
> )
>
> The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a
> checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org
> 
> )
>
> On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us
> to share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding!
>
>  Joe Roller, Denver
>
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Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

[Dick Filby]

Joe, Joyce, all volunteers who have done the RBA, a hearty thankyou is the 
least that you deserve. Much appreciated and avidly read over the years by 
hundreds, nay thousands of birders, in state, and from far beyond.

E-bird offers a replacement of sorts, and I won't go into the benefits, nor the 
downsides of it at this time, other than to say I that I find it exceedingly 
time consuming wading through piles of e-bird rare bird alert emails in the 
hope of finding a timely update on an interesting bird to maybe chase, or 
wondering what may have been seen in general.

Meanwhile, I sincerely hope that birders will continue to post their most 
interesting observations to this Cobirds group for a long time to come. I am 
sure they are very popular and well received by many.

For those interested in western colorado birds, please be aware that 'wsbn' is 
an active Google Group for sharing bird sightings and observations for the 
'Western Slope'

Thanks again to all for the statewide RBA. I for one will miss it.

Good birding

DickFilby
Carbondale, CO



Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone


 Original message 
From: Joe Roller 
Date: 5/26/20 09:26 (GMT-07:00)
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared via 
Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or Report). For 13 
years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of rarities from all over 
the state, posting it with dates and places on the Cobirds listserv and into 
your email inboxes.
After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile the 
report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to continue this 
informational service, which has been sponsored for years by the Denver Field 
Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join the RBA team of 
compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA is over now.
By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of dedicated 
birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who phoned in daily 
field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting birders could dial in 
to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the changing parade of 
rarities moving through Colorado.
Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in the 
1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an excited 
birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union Reservoir 
today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list to let them 
know!"
Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't know.
In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue beyond 
the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of Colorado 
rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at 
www.ebird.org/alerts)
The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a checklist 
is sent to eBird. 
(cfobirds.org)
On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us to 
share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding!
 Joe Roller, Denver
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