First, although the number of posts have declined as Brian mentioned, I still want this group. If Yahoo Groups won’t work for us anymore, we can find something else, and I’m researching other options right now. If anyone has input on various free group options, let me know. Also let me know if there are specific features you really value in a group like this, beyond the ability to send and receive email and archive old messages.

Jane
co-owner

________________________________
From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:50 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Sad Info

Sad info re: the end of Yahoo Groups which will affect IBLE. Sounds like as of this coming Mon, Oct 21 Yahoo Groups will be functionally over. I’m not really into other social media, don’t have a Facebook acct & not a “techie”. Even though, it seems posts to IBLE have somewhat decreased over the years, there have remained those providing good birding info that has certainly helped me in my observations.

Sure has been a good run & I hope a similar Idaho Birding forum takes the place of IBLE. From my perspective, I’ve enjoyed the contact with others through IBLE, having even met fellow birders in person, & hope to find all again “in the ether” on another platform.

Good Birding, Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Sad info re: the end of Yahoo Groups which will affect IBLE. Sounds like as of this coming Mon, Oct 21 Yahoo Groups will be functionally over. I’m not really into other social media, don’t have a Facebook acct & not a “techie”. Even though, it seems posts to IBLE have somewhat decreased over the years, there have remained those providing good birding info that has certainly helped me in my observations.

Sure has been a good run & I hope a similar Idaho Birding forum takes the place of IBLE. From my perspective, I’ve enjoyed the contact with others through IBLE, having even met fellow birders in person, & hope to find all again “in the ether” on another platform.

Good Birding, Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Cliff,

I hadn’t heard of this change yet – do you want to get with me to figure out how to proceed, and if we need to be looking at a different platform for IBLE?

For IBLE – I’m also against Facebook, so I don’t foresee it going there any time soon! 🙂

Jane
co-owner

________________________________
From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:20 PM
To: IBLE
Cc: Larry Arnold
Subject: [IBLE] Fwd: ?? IBLE to groups.io

urgent ???

________________________________
From: jmeredit@bendnet.com
To: “Bill Moore”
Cc: “Larry Arnold” , “lcarrigan_55”
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 5:12:57 PM
Subject: ?? IBLE to groups.io

I visit family a few times a year in Boise so I always keep up on the list. I am sure none of you have met me.

The list for central Oregon switched to Groups.io perhaps a year ago. Who ever manages switching over IBLE might want to check on how archives get switched so old news is not lost. For our list, the list administrator had to go through some hoops and maybe backed up some archives somewhere else and then put them in, general idea. I don’t know any specifics, as I am not a techie, but if a person wants to take some iniative with IBLE on it, I could give them the email for our list administrator just in case there is value in discussing the change. BLE Judy in Bend, jmeredit@bendnet.com

On 10-17-2019 15:56, Bill Moore hootowlbill@gmail.com [ible] wrote:

Looks like Yahoo Groups death is imminent/Bill Moore Inkom

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities

On Oct 17, 2019, at 4:18 PM, LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] > wrote:

note from a west coast correspondent regarding Brian’s question…..

” Most of the listservs that I am on that were using Yahoo switched over to Groups.io. Maybe you should pass along this info to the people who run IBLE? Here is the website: https://groups.io ”

I’ve heard elsewhere that yahoogroups is fading out, will cease to exist

Is anyone with techie skills discussing this? because several (many?) of us are not willing to play on FB……..

one thing we did c. 15 yrs ago when Audubon pulled the plug on our local Audubon chapter birding listserv… we each maintained a smallish list of email contacts for discussing birds locally, but when we went down that path we ended up with maybe ten local discussion groups – just in western Colorado – and that wasn’t serving us very well, so someone with savvy created a larger discussion group, a yahoogroup….

where are we with this, re Brian’s question?

Sincere thanks,
Larry
Boise

________________________________
From: “lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]” >
To: “IBLE” >
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 6:23:57 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Re: Blue Jays!

Wow, Patty! 4 Blue Jays at your feeder. Maybe mine joined up with yours. It was here for 3 days but haven’t seen since. Just did some evening birding & found: RB Nuthatch, one female Evening Grosbeak & a Spotted Towhee. Have around 30 DE Juncos & a few Townsend’s Solitaires.

So, when I got onto IBLE just now, I’m seeing a notice from Yahoo re: Groups. Sounds like Yahoo is decreasing the function of Groups, overall. Guess my question is, will IBLE continue or will it cease to exist?

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

thank you Judy in Bend……… =)

From: jmeredit@bendnet.com
To: “Bill Moore”
Cc: “Larry Arnold” , “lcarrigan_55”
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 5:12:57 PM
Subject: ?? IBLE to groups.io

I visit family a few times a year in Boise so I always keep up on the list. I am sure none of you have met me.

The list for central Oregon switched to Groups.io perhaps a year ago. Who ever manages switching over IBLE might want to check on how archives get switched so old news is not lost. For our list, the list administrator had to go through some hoops and maybe backed up some archives somewhere else and then put them in, general idea. I don’t know any specifics, as I am not a techie, but if a person wants to take some iniative with IBLE on it, I could give them the email for our list administrator just in case there is value in discussing the change. BLE Judy in Bend, jmeredit@bendnet.com

On 10-17-2019 15:56, Bill Moore hootowlbill@gmail.com [ible] wrote:

Looks like Yahoo Groups death is imminent/Bill Moore Inkom

BQ_BEGIN

[ https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities | https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities ]

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On Oct 17, 2019, at 4:18 PM, LARRY ARNOLD [ mailto:larnold47@cableone.net | larnold47@cableone.net ] [ible] < [ mailto:ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com | ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com ] > wrote:

note from a west coast correspondent regarding Brian’s question…..
” Most of the listservs that I am on that were using Yahoo switched over to [ http://groups.io/ | Groups.io ] . Maybe you should pass along this info to the people who run IBLE? Here is the website: [ https://groups.io/ | https://groups.io ] ”
I’ve heard elsewhere that yahoogroups is fading out, will cease to exist
Is anyone with techie skills discussing this? because several (many?) of us are not willing to play on FB……..
one thing we did c. 15 yrs ago when Audubon pulled the plug on our local Audubon chapter birding listserv… we each maintained a smallish list of email contacts for discussing birds locally, but when we went down that path we ended up with maybe ten local discussion groups – just in western Colorado – and that wasn’t serving us very well, so someone with savvy created a larger discussion group, a yahoogroup….
where are we with this, re Brian’s question?
Sincere thanks,
Larry
Boise

From: ” [ mailto:lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com | lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com ] [ible]” < [ mailto:ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com | ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com ] >
To: “IBLE” < [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] >
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 6:23:57 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Re: Blue Jays!

Wow, Patty! 4 Blue Jays at your feeder. Maybe mine joined up with yours. It was here for 3 days but haven’t seen since. Just did some evening birding & found: RB Nuthatch, one female Evening Grosbeak & a Spotted Towhee. Have around 30 DE Juncos & a few Townsend’s Solitaires.

So, when I got onto IBLE just now, I’m seeing a notice from Yahoo re: Groups. Sounds like Yahoo is decreasing the function of Groups, overall. Guess my question is, will IBLE continue or will it cease to exist?

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

BQ_END

urgent ???

From: jmeredit@bendnet.com
To: “Bill Moore”
Cc: “Larry Arnold” , “lcarrigan_55”
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 5:12:57 PM
Subject: ?? IBLE to groups.io

I visit family a few times a year in Boise so I always keep up on the list. I am sure none of you have met me.

The list for central Oregon switched to Groups.io perhaps a year ago. Who ever manages switching over IBLE might want to check on how archives get switched so old news is not lost. For our list, the list administrator had to go through some hoops and maybe backed up some archives somewhere else and then put them in, general idea. I don’t know any specifics, as I am not a techie, but if a person wants to take some iniative with IBLE on it, I could give them the email for our list administrator just in case there is value in discussing the change. BLE Judy in Bend, jmeredit@bendnet.com

On 10-17-2019 15:56, Bill Moore hootowlbill@gmail.com [ible] wrote:

Looks like Yahoo Groups death is imminent/Bill Moore Inkom

BQ_BEGIN

[ https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities | https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities ]

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On Oct 17, 2019, at 4:18 PM, LARRY ARNOLD [ mailto:larnold47@cableone.net | larnold47@cableone.net ] [ible] < [ mailto:ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com | ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com ] > wrote:

note from a west coast correspondent regarding Brian’s question…..
” Most of the listservs that I am on that were using Yahoo switched over to [ http://groups.io/ | Groups.io ] . Maybe you should pass along this info to the people who run IBLE? Here is the website: [ https://groups.io/ | https://groups.io ] ”
I’ve heard elsewhere that yahoogroups is fading out, will cease to exist
Is anyone with techie skills discussing this? because several (many?) of us are not willing to play on FB……..
one thing we did c. 15 yrs ago when Audubon pulled the plug on our local Audubon chapter birding listserv… we each maintained a smallish list of email contacts for discussing birds locally, but when we went down that path we ended up with maybe ten local discussion groups – just in western Colorado – and that wasn’t serving us very well, so someone with savvy created a larger discussion group, a yahoogroup….
where are we with this, re Brian’s question?
Sincere thanks,
Larry
Boise

From: ” [ mailto:lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com | lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com ] [ible]” < [ mailto:ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com | ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com ] >
To: “IBLE” < [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] >
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 6:23:57 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Re: Blue Jays!

Wow, Patty! 4 Blue Jays at your feeder. Maybe mine joined up with yours. It was here for 3 days but haven’t seen since. Just did some evening birding & found: RB Nuthatch, one female Evening Grosbeak & a Spotted Towhee. Have around 30 DE Juncos & a few Townsend’s Solitaires.

So, when I got onto IBLE just now, I’m seeing a notice from Yahoo re: Groups. Sounds like Yahoo is decreasing the function of Groups, overall. Guess my question is, will IBLE continue or will it cease to exist?

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

BQ_END

Looks like Yahoo Groups death is imminent/Bill Moore Inkom

> https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities

> On Oct 17, 2019, at 4:18 PM, LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] wrote:
>
>
> note from a west coast correspondent regarding Brian’s question…..
>
> ” Most of the listservs that I am on that were using Yahoo switched over to Groups.io . Maybe you should pass along this info to the people who run IBLE? Here is the website: https://groups.io ”
>
>
> I’ve heard elsewhere that yahoogroups is fading out, will cease to exist
>
> Is anyone with techie skills discussing this? because several (many?) of us are not willing to play on FB……..
>
> one thing we did c. 15 yrs ago when Audubon pulled the plug on our local Audubon chapter birding listserv… we each maintained a smallish list of email contacts for discussing birds locally, but when we went down that path we ended up with maybe ten local discussion groups – just in western Colorado – and that wasn’t serving us very well, so someone with savvy created a larger discussion group, a yahoogroup….
>
> where are we with this, re Brian’s question?
>
> Sincere thanks,
> Larry
> Boise
>
>
> From: “lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]” >
> To: “IBLE” >
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 6:23:57 PM
> Subject: [IBLE] Re: Blue Jays!
>
>
> Wow, Patty! 4 Blue Jays at your feeder. Maybe mine joined up with yours. It was here for 3 days but haven’t seen since. Just did some evening birding & found: RB Nuthatch, one female Evening Grosbeak & a Spotted Towhee. Have around 30 DE Juncos & a few Townsend’s Solitaires.
>
> So, when I got onto IBLE just now, I’m seeing a notice from Yahoo re: Groups. Sounds like Yahoo is decreasing the function of Groups, overall. Guess my question is, will IBLE continue or will it cease to exist?
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
>
>
>
>

Anyone on IBLE need a godwit fix ??? =)

Larry

Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 11:13:56 AM
Subject: Bar-tailed, Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits

Way cool, photos of the Godwit Trio!

—–Original Message—–
From: CALBIRDS@groups.io [mailto:CALBIRDS@groups.io] On Behalf Of Joe Morlan
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 6:36 PM
To: Aaron Maizlish
Cc: calbirds@groups.io
Subject: Bar-tailed, Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:49:46 -0700, “Aaron Maizlish”

wrote:

>?Three species of Godwit are now being seen on Tunitas Creek Beach! [ https://goo.gl/maps/Qv4zWapPeBmBPh8E7 | https://goo.gl/maps/Qv4zWapPeBmBPh8E7 ]

Some photos of the three together:

[ https://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/Hudsonian&Bar-tailedGodwitIMG_4682.htm | https://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/Hudsonian&Bar-tailedGodwitIMG_4682.htm ]

—

Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

note from a west coast correspondent regarding Brian’s question…..

” Most of the listservs that I am on that were using Yahoo switched over to Groups.io. Maybe you should pass along this info to the people who run IBLE? Here is the website: [ https://groups.io/ | https://groups.io ] ”

I’ve heard elsewhere that yahoogroups is fading out, will cease to exist

Is anyone with techie skills discussing this? because several (many?) of us are not willing to play on FB……..

one thing we did c. 15 yrs ago when Audubon pulled the plug on our local Audubon chapter birding listserv… we each maintained a smallish list of email contacts for discussing birds locally, but when we went down that path we ended up with maybe ten local discussion groups – just in western Colorado – and that wasn’t serving us very well, so someone with savvy created a larger discussion group, a yahoogroup….

where are we with this, re Brian’s question?

Sincere thanks,
Larry
Boise

From: “lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 6:23:57 PM
Subject: [IBLE] Re: Blue Jays!

Wow, Patty! 4 Blue Jays at your feeder. Maybe mine joined up with yours. It was here for 3 days but haven’t seen since. Just did some evening birding & found: RB Nuthatch, one female Evening Grosbeak & a Spotted Towhee. Have around 30 DE Juncos & a few Townsend’s Solitaires.

So, when I got onto IBLE just now, I’m seeing a notice from Yahoo re: Groups. Sounds like Yahoo is decreasing the function of Groups, overall. Guess my question is, will IBLE continue or will it cease to exist?

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Just wanted to share blue jay sightings from the Salmon area. I’ve had up
to 4 individuals at my feeders since 1 October. Two to four birds have been
present daily the last 6 days feeding on black oil sunflower seeds at the
feeders and on the ground below. Several other blue jay sightings have been
submitted to eBird from this area the last couple weeks. They have also
been recently observed at feeders in Challis, ID. Quite the show!

Lucinda Haggas

Salmon

Bird migration is fascinating. Amazing what a few miles difference will reveal. Excellent report, Patty! Glad to hear somebody is seeing good numbers of fall migrants.

We had a bumper crop of BH Grosbeaks this summer, but all pulled out sev wks ago, as well as, hummingbirds. Finally, just emptied my nectar feeders, as was just feeding yellowjackets! After a 2nd wasp sting, had enough! Along the Snake, west of town, getting our winter residents: Juncos, Townsend’s Solitaires, Spotted Towhees & a few Robins. Only fall ones I’ve seen are a handful of Yellow-rumped Warblers & RC Kinglets.

Wonder if the fall migrants follow river/stream corridors? And maybe the Blackfoot just held more food/interest than the Snake this year. We need an ISU Ornithology grad student!

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot