Laura, All the birds we see, aren't Ohioans birds. They are everyone's. Nature should be shared, with everyone, as much as possible. If you keep it to yourself, or only a select few then it'll go the way of the Dodo, or this listserv. Nature lovers need all the help we can get conserving natural spaces. If that means a huge festival celebrating wildlife, and having trails be very busy, then so be it. None of us were born a birder. We got drug into somehow. When we sit and pick at our fellow birders, for enjoying the exact same thing we enjoy, it looks bad. Patrick Hogan > Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 21:45:11 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Relevance of ohio-birds listserv > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sorry to hear our listserv is going the way of the dodo. I checked out the > FB page, even though I really don't care for some of the self-promoters who > have had a hand in running it. These are some of the same people who have > brought a crush of out-of-state tourists to Magee for 10 days every May, > ensuring that Ohioans cannot fully use the parks and preserves we pay for. > Also how about just the birds ma'am on the FB page ? The Hogans Heroes > humor can go as well as all the extraneous material unless one has the time > and inclination to camp on a FB bird page instead of birding for real. > > And a good point that other commentator made that I would like to elaborate > on: Siala is the OHIOBIRDS for all 50 states and beyond. OHIOBIRDS fits > into this scheme nicely. No such organization to the chaotic social media > world. > > Thirdly ohiobirds has become a space to describe unusual bird behavior. > I've learned much on here lately. > > Laura > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]