I humbly second this notion (substituting “IBLE” for “Texbirds” in Justin’s note below) about the relevance of our state listserv v. Facebook……. eh?
This is probably not new news? 😉
Larry, Boise

—–Original Message—–
From: texbirds-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:texbirds-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Justin Bosler
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 6:02 AM
To: daneferrell@hotmail.com; 4 Texbirds Maillist
Subject: [texbirds] Re: Violet-crowned Hummingbird in Nueces County

Thanks for sharing, Dane. Texbirds is still very relevant (in spite of the

mass migration to Facebook) and much more direct when it comes to sharing

reports of rare birds with the birding community than one of the many

Facebook groups with various titles, access and/or permissions. Who has the

time to hunt through Facebook groups for bits and pieces of information? In

my experience, alerts and notifications aren’t always timely or reliable,

for that matter.

In my opinion, Texbirds is still the go-to source for sharing sightings and

information.

Thanks!

Justin Bosler

currently in Dallas, TX

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 7:33 AM Dane Ferrell wrote:

> For those not on Facebook or in touch with the grapevine, there is a VC

> hummer in our back yard since Saturday morning and it remains this morning:

> 4301 Ravine Drive, CC, TX 78410. We are in and out but you can see the

> hummer. Park in the driveway, walk through the carport, through the open

> gate to the chairs. Sit or stand on sidewalk and watch the red glass hummer

> feeder. It perches within 10 feet of the feeder in the mountain laurels or

> hackberry trees. Please do not get too close – relax in the chairs there,

> the bird will come. Also, please be careful not to point binoculars to the

> neighbors feeder – it does not go there and the neighbor is not thrilled

> about the extra attention lately.

> Dane Ferrell

> Corpus Christi, Texas

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