We are the discoverers of the Loggerhead Shrike on Fairport Nursery Road in Lake County.  We observed the bird Thursday 5/28 from 2:00PM to 5:15PM.  We posted the bird on the listserv and got an email response that our message was received, but it was never posted.  I am sorry for all those who wanted to see the shrike but missed it.  Hopefully it will return to the site.
Checking through the archives I found a post from 6 months ago concerning posting etiquette which said in part, "Also disallowed are posts like this one, discussing problems on the listserv." I have seen this rule broken many times so I might as well join the group. If we can't discuss problems and solutions to listserv postings here, where are we going to do it? As three previous posts under the heading "Posting Bird Sightings" discuss, this listserv is no longer the "go to" place to find rare bird sightings in a timely manner.  I knew several old-timers who were not tech savvy and would not be able to understand Facebook and Twitter but were nonetheless still excellent birders who found rarities.  I'm sure there are still many around.  I'm getting to be one myself.  Everyone here will get old someday if they live that long.  As technology advances, today's social media will become obsolete, and some of us will have a hard time finding, let alone using our smart phone.

I know we won't go back to the old dial-up phone trees to spread the word, but 10-15 year old technology, i.e. the advent of widespread use of email, is still a viable medium.  But if we all go to Facebook?  That's just it, some of us won't.  And all of us will be the poorer for it.  The old-timers will all need younger tech-savvy birding companions to report their sightings or they won't get reported; and YOU won't see them.  It would benefit us all to keep this site or a reasonable facsimile of it the "go-to" place.
John and Ann EdwardsRocky RiverCuyahoga County
 

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