On 1 Apr 1979, a small bird flew into a dumpster at Hecksher SP in East Islip. Manny Levine called it and we all looked in at a Yellow-throated Warbler. At that time, the bird was extremely rare anywhere in the NE, so It made a great April Fools story. Since Manny edited the last state book, I was surprised that he didn't pick up the oversight. However, the species account was written by Dominic Sherony, an upstate birder who wouldn't necessarily have know of the record. Our collective reporting is much improved these days.
Sy Schiff -- 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/ --
