Posted by steve siegel on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
It really is a shame that a venerable, thoughtful platform like the Bird Board is being pushed aside by more "modern" forums. But Floridabirds is suffering the same way. And the problem is that the new ways of telling people about birds restrict themselves to a circle of friends who just happen to have signed up for the same software, or who actually are friends. I get most of my notifications about local birds from my wife, who isn't even a birder, but who happens to be a Facebook friend with Larry. It is as if we have reverted to the old "round robin" telephone circles. I would like to see links posted on the BirdBoard site where old fuddy-duddies like me could just tap into the needed information on Facebook or whatever without having to spend hours online in irrelevant posts trying to get the bird info. The Bird Board could become a clearinghouse, so to speak, of all the bird information activity going on in South Florida. This would be especially valuable for visiting birders, many of whom now have to go to e-bird and guess. Unfortunately, this can't happen without a dedicated person(s).