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
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
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
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