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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0D56_01CD1E72.4DFFFEE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Richard, Andy & All. Apr 19, 2012 This reminds me of the Tower of Babel. Only in this case, technology = seems to have assumed the role of God. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Stern=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spring Migration Bird Count -- WHERE IS THE = INFO? Hi all, I also didn't know the NSBS had a Facebook page. I have just applied = to join the group, as I already have a Facebook account. I also agree = that method of communicating info about birds and nature in NS are = becoming rather fragmented - i.e. now, to really find out what's going = on, I need to look at e-mails from NatureNS and NS-RBA, and now Facebook = groups for NatureNS and also NSBS. If I want to report something, I'm = expected to do it on EBird, NatureNS, NSBS to Lance, and now 2 Facebook = pages. If I want to show some pictures to the most people, I have to = upload them to my Smugmug account, then send several different e-mails, = put a link on my own Facebook page, and now 2 others, plus the photo = section of NS-RBA. By the time I have done all this there's no time left = for birding! It would be very nice if the board of the NSBS would widely = disseminate the info about the Facebook page, and it would be nice to = have a single method , preferred by everyone on the internet, to most = efficiently communicate all this stuff. In addition to all this, then = there's the NSBS magazine, which I still like to read. Interesting that despite all this so-called internet efficiency, many = people still apparently don't know about either the Facebook page or the = Spring migration count. My 2c. worth. Richard On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Tuma Young <tumayoung@yahoo.ca> = wrote: Dear Everyone: The wonderful thing about the Face book group (216 members and more = are added each week) is that there seems to be a sense of community of = interest. Why we just finished having a Shorebird ID contest, followed = by a Warbler ID contest and folks are posting pictures of what they saw = that day. We also follow the antics of "Chimney" who by the way has his = own page, along with "Snowbird", "Little Wing" and "Snowberry"-all = starlings (one of whom was orphaned and hand raised by one of our = members). Vogel, the Common Gallinule at Red Bridge Pond is a star = attraction. The biggest success is that we now have members who are all = over NS, Atlantic Canada, some in the States and at least one in Europe = who is planning a trip to Cape Breton.=20 We post about upcoming NSBS field trips and other tidbits of = information. It has allowed beginner birders who may have been a bit too shy = about saying how little they knew about birds to be involved and learn = more. There is no pressure to twitch or to create lists. People are = free to post pictures (all of them are good) and to ask questions such = as what should we put on the windows to prevent strikes. We have = pictures of common birds such as starlings and of very rare birds such = as golden-winged and prothonotary warblers. People are very helpful to = each other and the group is a wonderful social networking tool that has, = I believe, increased the profile of the NSBS. You can join if you want or not if you don't want to. Tuma Young PS. We are not the only one who have a Facebook group: Nova Scotia = Nature Trust and a variety of others groups do. Koqwaqja'tekaq'tinej. (Let Us Choose The Correct Behaviour) -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- From: "fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca" = <fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Cc: andy dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>=20 Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 5:10:52 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spring Migration Bird Count -- WHERE IS THE = INFO? I would say it is much more a way of keeping up with the times. =20 I rarely get emails from anyone other than NatureNS and businesses = that I get occasional updates from.=20 All of the people I communicate with regularly have moved on to Face = Book, Face Book chat or messaging and texting. Even my 75+ year old = aunt has moved over to Face Book for communication. Marian Fulton=20 Hantsport NS ---- andy dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:=20 > A great example of " If it ain't broke don't fix it".There are so = many electronic means of communicating now that things are getting = confused....For many years we all had the bird count information without = a problem >=20 > Andy and Lelia Dean > 86 Baden Powell Drive > Kentville, N.S. > (902) 678-6243 > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: Helene Van Doninck=20 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Spring Migration Bird Count -- WHERE IS = THE INFO? >=20 >=20 > The NSBS facebook page has been up and running for a while now. = Tuma and I are the admins and membership is up over 200, many of whom = are active participants. It's become a fun place for people to ask = questions, post pics and generally share bird info. Anyone can join as = long as you have a facebook account, which anyone can have.=20 > Helene >=20 > On Apr 19, 2012 3:04 PM, <fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >=20 > While Face Book pages are not "public" you need only join and = never post anything on your own Face Book page to have access. Setting = up an account only requires limited information and an email address. = If you are uncomfortable giving your usual email address set up a new = email account with one of the online free ones. Again you do not need = to actually use it for anything other than Face Book. >=20 > People need to only use a little common sense in what they post = on Face Book and who they accept as "Friends" to be safe on Face Book. >=20 > Marian Fulton > Hantsport NS >=20 > and a long time Face Book user. >=20 > ---- Elizabeth Doull <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Unfortunately, it should be made public for anyone > > . > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:04, Elizabeth Doull = <edoull@ns.sympatico.ca> > > wrote: > > > > NSBS Facebook?? Never knew there is one? > > > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/nsbirdsociety/ > > > > Blake Maybank > > White's Lake, No