thanks so much for doing this. i have a question/comment....
first, i am hoping that if these birds are posted like this in the future, that more specific information will be included like township and the party name who reported the bird/submitted the report. For example, regarding the crossbill, "Linden Lane, Dutchess County" . i would bet that there are a lot of "Linden Lanes" in this county of 350,000 people and perhaps a dozen towns.
then, i am wondering about who reviews these reports? I grew up in chappaqua (town of new castle), the same town where "campfire lake" is. i am assuming that it is the same campfire lake in the town of new castle, since town/municipality information was not provided on this report as well. but i know of no other "campfire lake" in westchester. if it is one in the same, i birded that area for 30 years-and continue to do so to this day. i can tell you that there has not been a 'wild' pheasant in that area of westchester in more than 25 years. they are extirpated there, and i would imagine at this point extirpated from all of westchester. it also so happens that campfire lake is owned entirely i believe, by a hunt club-"The Campfire Club", which releases all sorts of game birds, i am sure.
so these issues of concern leave me curious.
jpa
John Askildsen
Millbrook, New York
On Jan 31, 2011, Ben Cacace <bcac...@gmail.com> wrote:
To all,
Some updates have been made to the table bringing this one closer in line with a table I was updating last year showing new arrivals with links to maps showing locations. These maps are created within the eBird.org website.
On the table when you click on "Kingbird 10 Region" or "Kingbird 9 Region" this points the browser to a notes section detailing the species seen, date, location and county it was seen in. An arrow pointing up or down to the right of the "Kingbird # Region" label shows the change in the # of species submitted since the previous Friday.
Here are the current notes for both regions. After selecting one of the URLs below click on the species name to bring up an eBird.org generated map:
Kingbird Region 10:
• 1-Jan-2011 (submitted around Jan 30th): TREE SWALLOW added to the 2011 list. Seen at Cammanns Pond Park in Nassau County.
http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB10Region
Kingbird Region 9:
• 30-Jan-2011: GOLDEN EAGLE added to the 2011 list. Seen from Thompson Pond Preserve in Dutchess County.
• 29-Jan-2011: WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL added to the 2011 list. Seen near 11 Linden Lane in Dutchess County.
• 28-Jan-2011: RING-NECKED PHEASANT added to the 2011 list. Seen at Campfire Lake in Westchester County.
http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2010/12/nyc-area-ebird-thon-2011.html#NoteKB09Region
Enjoy!
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Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
http://novahunter.blogspot.com
