The American Birding Association has just announced the opening of their new Community. You need to be an ABA member to sign up, but I’ve said before that I think the ABA is a good organization for birders to be a part of (and I recommend their weekly podcast as a nice way to hear what’s going on around the birding world), but the new community looks like it’s going to be a nice resource to connect with and interact with other birders around North America.
For those of you who’s kicked Facebook to the curb, this gives you a nice way to get access to the ABA Rare Bird Alerts, and it has both general discussion and “what is this bird?” areas.
This is a place where I expect to hang out on a regular basis, and you can find and connect with me here. I have just started a group in it for Bird Photographers, and we’ll see what happens.
I’ve been wanting to see a community like this created for a while — I suggested something like this to Audubon California a while back which went nowhere, unfortunately, and I keep hoping to find a way to organize something like it for Washington at some point — and I’m really thrilled to see the ABA step up and commit to supporting a community like this. I think it’s great for the entire birding community, and I am looking forward to seeing how it matures.
