WBF did, in fact, post this bird to their FB page. Unfortunately,
because of the nature of FB, the post got buried pretty quickly when
other posts were made after it, and it required a bit of effort to find
it. The good folks that work there have enough on their plates already,
and while they learn about bird species for rehabilitation, they are not
all birders who are aware of which might be considered "rarities" for
the area. That is why birders who are aware of releases usually do try
to get the word out. It just may take a day or two, like what just
happened.
Ardith
On 2/4/17 12:07 PM, Ethan Goodman wrote:
I seem to remember some similar questions re a released Prothonotary
Warbler a while back. Perhaps the kind folks at the WBF could, in the
future, give a heads up to the birding community (via these lists,
perhaps) when releasing locally uncommon or rare species? This would
assist both those who'd like to see and/or count such a bird, and those
who'd skip the chase with such knowledge. I would not expect such notice
for locally common or sensitive species (owls), but for a bird that is
likely to be a first for many (either ABA, County, or CP) such
consideration would be nice rather than relying on the detective work of
the community.
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On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi
<ard...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Hi All-
A discussion on FB mentioned that a RNGR was released by the Wild Bird
Fund (WBF) into the Central Park Reservoir this week. In a
communication
I had with them last night, the WBF confirmed that, in fact, one was
released by them to the Reservoir on Wednesday, which happened to be
the
first day one was reported there to NYSBirds. The origin of the bird
was
rescue from on-land stranding in Brooklyn. WBF posted to their Facebook
page a video of the bird catching live fish swimming in its waterfowl
rehab pool (pretty amusing, actually). They do that to make sure the
bird can catch its own food before releasing it.
Ardith Bondi
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