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2016-02-18 Thread Angus Wilson
Nowadays we need to be careful what we mean when we say "Rare Bird Alert". There really are two different versions and I think the discussion is referring to the daily automated listings generated from eBird checklists for species considered scarce to rare to an area by the filtering software.

Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Smew, Warren County

2016-02-18 Thread Angus Wilson
Nowadays we need to be careful what we mean when we say "Rare Bird Alert". There really are two different versions and I think the discussion is referring to the daily automated listings generated from eBird checklists for species considered scarce to rare to an area by the filtering software.

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2016-02-18 Thread Richard Guthrie
Great Backyard Bird Count. This sort of thing happens every year. Reports will go through but extreme reports will be vetted by eBird reviewers. When in doubt, check for "Confirmed". Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County New York On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Larry Trachtenberg

Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Smew, Warren County

2016-02-18 Thread Richard Guthrie
Great Backyard Bird Count. This sort of thing happens every year. Reports will go through but extreme reports will be vetted by eBird reviewers. When in doubt, check for "Confirmed". Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County New York On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Larry Trachtenberg

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2016-02-18 Thread Dominic Garcia-Hall
I noticed some odd reports over the last week too I suspect it might have to do with the Great Backyard Bird Count - maybe a by-product of what's otherwise a great way of encouraging people to get into birding. Good smewing. Dom www.antbirder.blogspot.com www.aventuraargentina.com + 1 646

Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Smew, Warren County

2016-02-18 Thread Dominic Garcia-Hall
I noticed some odd reports over the last week too I suspect it might have to do with the Great Backyard Bird Count - maybe a by-product of what's otherwise a great way of encouraging people to get into birding. Good smewing. Dom www.antbirder.blogspot.com www.aventuraargentina.com + 1 646

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2016-02-18 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
The other day on the NJ rare bird alert there's was posted 2 swainson's Hawks and 4 Bachman's sparrows and a few other not likely to be credible species. I don't know who posted but the Bachman's were ridiculous. L Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone On Feb 18, 2016, at 9:35 AM,

Re: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Smew, Warren County

2016-02-18 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
The other day on the NJ rare bird alert there's was posted 2 swainson's Hawks and 4 Bachman's sparrows and a few other not likely to be credible species. I don't know who posted but the Bachman's were ridiculous. L Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone On Feb 18, 2016, at 9:35 AM,

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2016-02-18 Thread Andrew Baksh
FYI...please take note of the comment below from Phil Jeffery. 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") >

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2016-02-18 Thread Andrew Baksh
FYI...please take note of the comment below from Phil Jeffery. 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") >