Fellow Birders; Thanks for the overwhelming (and rapid!) response to my query re: owl roosting locations. This reminds me of how much I loved being a part of this community for many years-- its members have always been generous to a fault, and I've tried to approach my life and birding business in Panama with NYS as a model. By sharing knowledge we help each other grow, and indeed learn a bit ourselves each time we teach! I have more than enough information, and one field trip lined up-- thank you all for the various offers, I will send a private thank you when I come up for air.... Thank you to Jesse for the glowing words (although he exaggerates the number of recordings I've shared!)-- it always warms my heart when I meet a birder on a trail in Panama, introduce myself, and they say, "I know you-- I have 50 of your recordings on my I-Pod!". Jesse, I'm glad my recordings were of some use-- were those your bands I saw on the ST Wrens at Nusagandi? I'm actually co-authoring a CD of Panama bird sounds-- but I'll keep giving away all the data as well! By the way, I have guided a few New Yorkers in Panama, and encountered others in the field-- I'm not officially guiding due to potential medical issues, but I am joining field trips on a friendly basis, and giving away free trip advice (as I always have). One of the respondants to the owling query in fact had some Panama-related questions, that! 's my next note-- I help anybody who asks, but New Yorkers get special attention! Thanks again to all for the owling advice, I will post regarding results in a few days. Cheers,
Ken Allaire El Valle de Anton, Panama skypename: kenallaire -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --