[cobirds] melanotis Bushtits in Colo.

2023-07-08 Thread Ted Floyd
Hey, all. Sorry for the delayed response here. Life. Work. Birds. Anyhow, always wondrous to see COBirds content on bushtits. (It's *melanotis* with an *i*, by the bye; no biggie.) You actually *can* force in *melanotis* (as Eric DeFonso noted earlier for forcing Mountain Pipit!), but you have to

[cobirds] 64th Supplement

2023-07-08 Thread Peter Gent
All, On July 6 the American Ornithological Society published the 64th Supplement to the Check-list of North American Birds. A nice summary is on the ABA web site at: https://www.aba.org/aos-checklist-supplement-redux-v-2023/ As far as I can tell there are two changes which affect birds residing

Re: [cobirds] "Mountain Pipit" in Cobirds rare bird alert

2023-07-08 Thread James Bruening
All,I emailed this gentleman yesterday about his two checklists with the incorrect species entry.  He clearly had the right idea in his description but simply picked the wrong species looking for a subspecies option.  Awaiting the correction in Ebird...Bird is the word!Josh BrueningFort CollinsSent

Re: [cobirds] "Mountain Pipit" in Cobirds rare bird alert

2023-07-08 Thread SeEttaM
I guess I should have said I am surprised that ebird had this as a choice as they first ask the location and then provide a list of birds that are possible in that location. I think it would require adding this species as 'rare' addition but that should followed by their warning that this species h