Date: 6/9/26 7:01 pm From: Kent Fiala (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Garganey and the Demise of the Listserve
I claim to be the very first Carolina birder to post an observation from the field. Here is that message; it was sent from a Palm device, I think my trusty Palm Tungsten T3, tethered via USB cable to my flip phone. This was 3 years before the first iPhone.
> To: "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds...> > Subject: Iceland Gull > From: "Kent Fiala" <fiala...> > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 8:03:00 -0500 > > I'm at the Farrington bridge now; the Iceland Gull is still present. > It took me a little bit longer than Steve's 10 seconds to find it; > maybe twice as long. It really stands out among the Ring-bills. > > -- > Kent Fiala > via wireless
On 6/9/2026 7:41 PM, ncsealord (via carolinabirds Mailing List) wrote:
> Some early adopters of technology (Kent Fiala, I am looking at you) > started to send e-mail /from the actual location of the bird /
