Death Knell for the RBA

[Ira Sanders]

That's how I see it for the best single source of information for the location of birds in the state of Colorado and it was killed by eBird.  I put sightings on eBird most of the time but it's less and less. I'm told that eBird is a wonderful thing. Such a source of public information. Then again there are those "Anonymous" lists that no-one can see.  Maybe it is, but to me it is a part of a tech age of birding I can't adjust to and can't grasp no matter how many times somebody shows me how to use it.  Friends can pull stuff up on their phones like magic.  I can't get it.  "Just pull up the map on your phone" they say.  Yeah, right. 

I can understand why the compilers are retiring.  The RBA has become ridiculously time consuming if you check eBird for everything the way Allison does. I tried to do it and just can't.  And I guess it isn't just eBird that's killed the RBA.  It's FaceBook along with it.  There was a time when sightings were reported to Cobirds and the RBA could be compiled from Cobirds but no longer.  FB and eBird is killing Cobirds as a reporting tool too. 

Raise a toast to the RBA and remember it fondly.   

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Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

"My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."

[Libby Edwards]

I agree!  Please keep CObird alive!  I know so many people who still enjoy it and depend on it, not just scrolling through all the E bird lists.

Libby Edwards

Larimer County

On May 25, 2020, at 9:10 AM, Ira Sanders <zroadr...@gmail.com> wrote:



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