Well said Matt! Thank you for compiling those annual summaries. I know they are time consuming and your efforts are much appreciated by folks like me who are interested in reading about noteworthy sightings. Also thanks to Craig Caldwall and the past Ohio Cardinal editors for all the work they have done. I started the OHIO RARE BIRD ALERT Facebook group last year for the exact reasons you mention. I intended it to be a spot where folks could get out information on sightings quickly, but also, not to have to scroll through massive amounts of posts to find the information regarding a report. No 'bumping' a post required - i.e. commenting on a post just so it appears at the top of a news feed. For those who prefer to still use Facebook over the other sources Matt mentions, the ORBA Facebook group is strictly for reports of rare or notable birds sightings only. The group is kept chatty free so, not only can it be used for the expeditive sharing of rare bird sightings in the state of Ohio, but also as an information source at the end of the year for said reports/summaries. The best of both worlds! Emails, Facebook, or Twitter notifications can wear out a smartphone battery pretty quick. If you are getting notifications about someone backyard House Wren a hundred miles away, that might not be something you are interested in reading about when you are in the field. However, it may be something you like to read when you are at home drinking coffee in your robe and slippers in the morning from your laptop in the recliner! The ORBA Facebook group comes in handy for receiving reports in the field. You can keep the notifications 'on' and know that when you receive an alert on your phone, it is going to be about a notable or rare bird report coming from that group. Jen Brumfield, Doreene Linzell, and others have did excellent jobs at cross-posting from Facebook on to the Ohio Listserv or vice versa. I try to when I can, but typing on my iPhone is a pain in the ... and I have the older version without Siri. For those who don't know what Siri is, It is the intelligent personal assistant on your smartphone that allows you to use your voice to send messages. Just make sure you proofread them before you send! I heard Siri loves her some crazy bird names! Talk about evolution of communication!! Good Birding!! Sherrie Duris Vice President Toledo Naturalists' Association www.toledonaturalist.org https://www.facebook.com/groups/OHIORAREBIRDALERT https://www.facebook.com/groups/lakeeriebirding ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]