Hi all, In regards to the presence of yet another Western Flycatcher in Manhattan, I am really hoping someone can come forward with a fecal sample from it. Having sequenced the poop of the last Western Flycatcher (a little over a year ago) and confirming it as a Pacific-slope Flycatcher, it would be amazing if we could repeat this process!
If anyone who sees this bird observes it defecate, please do your best to immediately locate the sample and collect it! Protocol for this would be to hopefully have a Ziploc bag present, and place the poop in the bag. Ideally the sample will be on a leaf or something similar and can be folded into the leaf to prevent its degradation. After collection, please place the sample in a freezer and contact me at [email protected] for shipping information. We'd love to sequence it and hopefully confirm this birds identity! Good birding, Nathan Goldberg Cornell University Ithaca, NY -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
