Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mephisto!prism!fsu!loligo!sandee From: sandee@loligo (Daan Sandee (SCRI)) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: electronic hotline info on BITNET Keywords: RBA hotline Message-ID: <826@fsu.scri.fsu.edu> Date: 26 May 90 18:38:38 GMT Sender: news@fsu.scri.fsu.edu Organization: Florida State University Lines: 144 I received an announcement of an electronic rare-bird-alert service on BITNET. I sent a message to the guy responsible reminding him of the existence of Usenet and rec.birds. He replied yes, he'd heard of it, but didn't have access. It always makes me sad when I can't make those people crawling along on the bottom of the Big Blue ocean raise their heads, see the light, and use Unix ... but that's a side issue. He suggested I re-post the BITNET stuff on Usenet, and I am willing to do so, but my method of posting to Usenet is rather undependable (I use somebody else's system, and in order to send this message I had to ask the guy AGAIN to reset my password or my directory or whatever it was that was screwed up this time). Also, I'm not all that sure my BITNET access is reliable, though my subscription to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1 was acknowledged within minutes. So, I would be glad if somebody else would take that job. If it works, and volume warrants it, we may set up a newsgroup rec.birds.hotlines. Follows the announcement of BIRD_RBA on BITNET : [ This addresses subscriptions from BITNET only. From Internet, send it to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1.BITNET, and if your mailer doesn't like it, send it to LISTSERV%ARIZVM1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu or some other gateway system]. Daan Sandee sandee@scri1.scri.fsu.edu Supercomputer Computations Research Institute Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052 (904) 644-7045 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRD_RBA -- National Birding Hotline Cooperative ================================================== We are pleased to announce BIRD_RBA, the National Birding Hotline Cooperative list on LISTSERV@ARIZVM1. The list provides a clearing- house for transcribed birding hotlines from around the country. Subscribers will receive these transcripts as they are made available to the list. Subscribers are further invited to submit transcripts from their area of the country if it is not already represented. A current list of hotlines available from BIRD_RBA is appended. Contributions to the list are always welcome and should be sent in MAIL format to BIRD_RBA@ARIZVM1. Please note that this is not intended to be a general chat list. Contributions should either be transcripts of birding hotlines or, if a local hotline recording is not available to you, concise statements of species seen and the location of the sighting, along with any relevant information such as 'out of range,' 'out of normal time frame,' etc. You may subscribe to BIRD_RBA by sending an interactive SUBSCRIBE command or by including a SUBSCRIBE command as the ONLY line of a MAIL message to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1, as follows: Interactive example from CMS: TELL LISTSERV AT ARIZVM1 SUB BIRD_RBA MAIL example: SUB BIRD_RBA To cancel your subscription, issue the SIGNOFF command to LISTSERV@ARIZVM1: SIGNOFF BIRD_RBA Do NOT send SIGNOFF or other LISTSERV commands to BIRD_RBA. The following birding hotlines are currently being transcribed and shared via the list: ARIZONA: Phoenix Birding Hotline (602) 832-8745 Transcription by Chuck Williamson Tucson Birding Hotline (602) 798-1005 Transcription by Chuck Williamson CALIFORNIA: N. California (San Francisco) (415) 528-0288 Transcription by Joe Morlan Los Angeles (213) 874-1318 Transcription by Chuck Williamson San Diego (619) 435-6761 Transcription by Chuck Williamson COLORADO: Denver Audubon Hotline (303) 423-5582 Transcription by Chuck Williamson FLORIDA: Florida Keys Hotline (305) 294-3438 Transcription by Norm Saunders MARYLAND: The Voice of the Naturalist (301) 652-1088 Transcription by Norm Saunders The Harford Co. Birding Hotline (301) 638-0290 Transcription by Les Eastman MICHIGAN: Detroit Birding Hotline(616) 471-4919 Transcription by Jeff Price NEW JERSEY: The Cape May Bird Observatory (609) 884-2626 Transcription by Ed Maccubbin NEW MEXICO: Statewide Birding Hotline (505) 662-2101 Transcription by Pat Snider PENNSYLVANIA: The Philadelphia BirdLine (215) 567-2473 Transcription by Norm Saunders VIRGINIA: The Virginia BirdLine (804) 929-1736 Transcription by Norm Saunders If you have any questions, problems , or suggestions please send a note to us at one of the addresses listed below: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles B. Williamson (Chuck) Bitnet address : CHUCKW@EVAX2 Internet address : CHUCKW%EVAX2@Arizona.edu Snail mail : 4425 E. Pima Tucson, AZ 85712 Phones : 602-323-2955 (voice + answering machine) Bulletin board : 602-629-0502 - U of A Today BBS: Message Area 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman C. Saunders (Norm) Bitnet address : NYS@NIHCU Internet address : NYS@CU.NIH.GOV Snail mail : 1261 Cavendish Drive Colesville, MD 20905 Phones : 202-272-5248 (o--Washington, DC) : 301-989-9035 (h--Colesville, MD) Bulletin board : 301-989-9036 - The Osprey's Nest (Colesville, MD -- PC Pursuitable) -------------------------------------------------------------------