Dear all, Birders appreciate that reporting may be forthcoming, with a full name & your hometown - but where is that Ibis flock (1 White-faced & Glossys), not mentioned in posts here placed today? (I know where, but does every reader of these posts, and even every subscriber to this list?) I'm really not intending to single out the most recent example of this, as it is increasingly common on birding lists in many places & is a source of potential confusion to some...
With due respect to all the various reporters, it seems the last post to this list was about 31 hours ago wherein actual location was at least partially mentioned, yet even then with a county omitted. Yes, I and most are aware that "Captree S.P." is part of a barrier beach region on the south shore of Long Island's western Suffolk Co. - but adding a county designation seems reasonable in a report sent to a State-Wide list-serve, which is publicly accessible to The World or any & all who have internet. Yes, it is understood that many are posting quickly from a mobile device such as an internet-enabled phone and it is appreciated that any new info. is being offered to a rare species whereabouts &/or other info. desired in some relatively rapid form. Still, one should not really have to dig back to a post much more than a day old to reference a location given... is that asking for too much? http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=874176 (& a fuller location may need a rather older post be referenced) At a minimum, the county (among the 62 counties of NY state) is a nicety to many readers. A town / additional locality is also a plus. As for a Kingbird of a species not the expected Eastern, it seems there was no post to this list about the finding, only the later referencing of. (the Cassin's of a report.) Lastly in this triple-threat response, if it's seen as response, it is not necessarily a great thing to have posted here or anywhere precise coordinates or specific directions to a species - in this latest instance, Kentucky Warbler - at a location where it has bred in the very recent - & also not-so-recent - past, where it is on a historically-known breeding territory, not a stray and not a vagrant. This species is fairly close to the northeastern limits of its currently-understood breeding range and to invite a great many birders to its very precise & typical breeding area is a bit of a challenge to the individual birds who may be or may be attempting to nest in such location[s]! It is incumbent on all of us to try & see that our own desires to observe & enjoy birds do not threaten the individual birds or their potential offspring that we will hope to find, & for the seventh generation after us to also observe & enjoy, in this, and any year... We are of course now fully within a breeding season already with many of the species being seen still in migration also now on territories, and in some instances, already with eggs - Please do all that you can to ensure each egg makes it to nestling stage, and each nestling bird makes it to fledging stage, & on to a potentially healthy adult stage. This is how a population stays stable or if all is ideal, increases. Good & responsible birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan ____________ On May 18, 2014, at 5:35 PM, <mscheibe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Had distant views of White-faced at 5:15 with about 20 glossies, > dull plumage & larger size helped differentiate initially. Groups > of ibis constantly leaving & returning. > Mike Scheibel > Brookhaven > Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
