Date: 9/4/24 7:47 pm From: Pierre Deviche <Pierre.Deviche...> Subject: Re: [AZNMbirds] Curlew Sandpiper--article on first AZ report
For the record - not that it matters much either way - after discovering the Gila Bend Curlew Sandpiper last July, I posted on Discord and NOT on the AZ List. The AZ Discord channel now has ~1,000 members and seems to be the preferred mode of communication and rapid information exchange within the state birding community - for good reasons, as Jacob explains in his message.
Pierre Deviche.
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From: Jacob Bagley <jacobboutdoors...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 18:49
To: Elizabeth Farquhar <liz.farquhar51...>
Cc: Richard Ditch <richardditch...>; AZ List <aznmbirds...>; Pierre Deviche <deviche...>
Subject: Re: [AZNMbirds] Curlew Sandpiper--article on first AZ report
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...><mailto:<liz.farquhar51...>> wrote:
Hear hear! I'm for using this list service.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 2:48 PM Richard Ditch <richardditch...><mailto:<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.
