Date: 9/4/24 6:57 pm From: T.G. Miko <tgmiko...> Subject: Re: [AZNMbirds] Curlew Sandpiper--article on first AZ report
Here's the thing: for some lovely reason a bunch of different birders in a
bunch of different parts of the country are all using different apps. They
are using whatsapp, discord, and slack. I'm sure there are other apps that
are being used. If there was some kind of general agreement to only use one
app I would be okay with it, but I keep having to add new apps to my phone
and I'm constantly getting notifications from these various apps for what's
going on in various counties in California and to keep track of what's
going on in Arizona.
I have a feral animal in my house, no wait, my teenage son, and he was
appalled that bird watchers are now using Discord. He feels violated that
we are using his Gamer Boy app.
Thomas Geza Miko
Claremont, LA County
909.241.3300
"If you seek the truth, be aware that the truth has many faces."--Neil
DeGrasse Tyson
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 18:49 Jacob Bagley <jacobboutdoors...> wrote:
> Or, Richard, we could use the Arizona Rare Birds and Discussion Discord
> that was recently created by young birders. It now has 1000 members, and
> has proven to be a fast and effective means of spreading the word of all
> manner of bird sightings. Additionally, the discussion aspect of it allows
> the community to connect on a wide manner of topics from conservation to
> bird id help to avian science.
>
> This “telephone tree” system that you reference, as well as this listserv,
> are simply more dated means of communication. If you’re looking for the
> best way to hear about rare birds, I highly recommend joining the Discord.
> Birding is changing just like everything else in the world, and it’s much
> better to grow and adapt with it than be left behind. Hope to see you on
> the Discord!
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Jacob Bagley, AZ Young Birder
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 17:30 Elizabeth Farquhar <liz.farquhar51...>
> wrote:
>
>> Hear hear! I'm for using this list service.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 2:48 PM Richard Ditch <richardditch...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I’d like to thank Pierre Deviche for the timely posting of information
>>> about the Curlew Sandpiper he discovered in Gila Bend on July 20, 2024. It
>>> is always so nice to see such reports of rarities here on the AZ List so
>>> that all AZ birders know about them without the need to check ebird,
>>> facebook, and even Discord. With so much Balkanization in the information
>>> world it can be difficult for the birding community to find such
>>> information in a timely manner. Perhaps we could create a Telephone Tree
>>> Network where a report is provided to a person at the top of Tree who then
>>> calls selected birders on the next level down, then each of those notified
>>> people can call other on the next lower level. Or, instead of this ’50’s
>>> era system we could just use the Listserv that we’ve had in AZ since the
>>> ’90’s.
>>>
>>> Richard Ditch
>>> Phoenix
>>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2024, at 1:55 PM, Doug Jenness <dougjenness...> wrote:
>>>
>>> 4 September 2024
>>>
>>> Arizona Birds
>>> <https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/PIRECnGWL0c7mDBKwS9NyiC?<domain...>,
>>> the online journal of the Arizona Field Ornithologists, has just posted a new
>>> article
>>> <https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/FbVRCoAWMofrvYWB9izQFoX?<domain...> >>> on Arizona's first reported Curlew Sandpiper in July. You'll want to check
>>> out this article with its photos. While you're at the journal you may want
>>> to look at earlier articles about first state records of other shorebirds
>>> including American Woodcock
>>> <https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/d_WRCp9WNpfnAo6vkFYcWLE?<domain...> >>> and Black Turnstone
>>> <https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/m6k6CqAWOqf8XNwzBFEEUi1?<domain...> >>> .
>>>
>>> Doug Jenness
>>> Tucson, Az
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