Re: [cobirds] Re: PF Goose update, Weld

Ira, thank you for pointing this out.  Yesterday the  bird was posted to Cobirds and then someone shared it to Facebook.  Steve Mlodinow and the majority of Birders who seek out rare birds are very good about communicating through Cobirds.   Cobirds is the traditional method of communication and has served this community very effectively.

This FB idea was begun under the misinformation that Cobirds was ending.  That was never an issue; the issue was whether the RBA would be able to continue without Joyce. Even if the RBA was discontinued (which is not the case, as for now we have a group volunteers) all rare bird sightings would still have been posted on Cobirds as usual.

FB has its role and is perfectly fine if people don't want to participate in Cobirds or if they prefer to use both groups; but FB is not used by many Birders.   If people want to post rare birds to both groups that should be encouraged; however I think Cobirds should be the first line of communication for a rare bird.   Cobirds seems to still be where things are accurately reported firsthand, but for by a handful of people who prefer FB.

I hope people who use both FB and Cobirds will share a post with both groups simultaneously.  If you can post to one group, you can copy and paste a rare bird sighting to the other group.

Allison Hilf

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On Dec 12, 2018, at 8:09 AM, Ira Sanders <zroadrunner14@gmail.com> wrote:

And that is where I see the problem between Facebook and Cobirds. the goose was posted to Facebook and not Cobirds and someone else had to post it to Cobirds.  Just because Facebook is newer doesn't make it better.

Ira Sanders

Golden

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, 7:59 am Carl Bendorf <carlbendorf@gmail.com wrote:

Per an update at 7:48 a.m. on the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Facebook page, bird "Just spotted from 1 mile south of 119 on CR 7!"

Carl Bendorf

Longmont

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 7:57:58 AM UTC-7, Mike Hensley wrote:

Can you update if it reappears? I'm at home with my toddler, but I can be there in 20 minutes if someone sends out a timely heads up. Thanks!!

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