I agree, and moreover, with all due respect to ABA rules where's the glory in ticking a rail that somebody just let out of a cage? I've seen people act quite self-satisfied after blowing away a series of cowering pheasants at a game farm. We might want to set our personal birding standards a little bit higher.
Just a thought, Rick Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: John Gluth <[email protected]> Date:11/24/2017 1:09 PM (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts <[email protected]> Cc: Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] V. Rails released in Central Park, NYC (11/21 etc.) One can't help but wonder whether there are better places than Central Park to release a rehabbed marsh species like Virginia Rail. Someplace with a greater amount of appropriate habitat, and more importantly on the perimeter of Manhattan, providing a better escape route from the island than through the canyons of high-rise buildings surrounding Central Park. Someplace like Inwood Hill Park or Randall's Island perhaps. Are there any regulatory constraints on the rehab facility mentioned which require them to release all their outpatients into Central Park? John Gluth, Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
