Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Donna Schulman
; number above and please delete the e-mail and any attachments from your > system. Thank you! > > > > *From:* bounce-121020378-10490...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-121020378-10490...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *David Klauber > *Sent:* Monday, November 21,

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Donna Schulman
list 2 addresses for those wanting to use their local sites and > still get the word out to a wider audience when a rarity shows up. > > But maybe to Paul's point a strictly RBA site state wide would address the > issue. But someone would have to take responsibility for its upkeep. > &g

RE: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
Monday, November 21, 2016 1:19 PM To: Paul R Sweet Cc: nysbirds-l Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher Paul, You raise a good point. There is one site which historically has been THE site for reporting rare birds state wide, and that is the Cornell listserve N

RE: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
Monday, November 21, 2016 1:19 PM To: Paul R Sweet Cc: nysbirds-l Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher Paul, You raise a good point. There is one site which historically has been THE site for reporting rare birds state wide, and that is the Cornell listserve N

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread David Klauber
aul R Sweet <sw...@amnh.org> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 12:25 PM To: Andrew Baksh Cc: Ethan Maitra; ebirds...@yahoogroups.com; nysbirds-l Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher As I think I'm being called out here perhaps let's talk about some recommend

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread David Klauber
To: Andrew Baksh Cc: Ethan Maitra; ebirds...@yahoogroups.com; nysbirds-l Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher As I think I'm being called out here perhaps let's talk about some recommendations on how rarities are reported? Andrew you could take the lead

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Andrew Block
<astrobirde...@yahoo.com>; "ebirds...@yahoogroups.com" <ebirds...@yahoogroups.com>; nysbirds-l <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher As I think I'm being called

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Andrew Block
s-l Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher As I think I'm being called out here perhaps let's talk about some  recommendations on how rarities are reported? Andrew you could take the lead here? One problem is that the

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Paul R Sweet
As I think I'm being called out here perhaps let's talk about some recommendations on how rarities are reported? Andrew you could take the lead here? One problem is that there are two “rare bird alerts” for NY that are often filled with run-of-the-mill daily lists and non rarity sightings.

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-21 Thread Paul R Sweet
As I think I'm being called out here perhaps let's talk about some recommendations on how rarities are reported? Andrew you could take the lead here? One problem is that there are two “rare bird alerts” for NY that are often filled with run-of-the-mill daily lists and non rarity sightings.

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-20 Thread Andrew Baksh
Good point but for many, the Nassau County ATFL might be out of the way. More interesting for me, is how the Brooklyn bird was reported. It appears to me that we are once again seeing a break down on how rare to uncommon birds are being reported. I'll withhold fire for now but I again urge all

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-20 Thread Andrew Baksh
Good point but for many, the Nassau County ATFL might be out of the way. More interesting for me, is how the Brooklyn bird was reported. It appears to me that we are once again seeing a break down on how rare to uncommon birds are being reported. I'll withhold fire for now but I again urge all

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-20 Thread brian . whipple
We did not get the bird after 90 mins of looking. Cops showed up after that. While they were taking info and issuing summonses, i kept looking. they were good natured. On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:00 AM nathan o'reilly natro...@hotmail.com [ebirdsnyc] wrote: > >

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher

2016-11-20 Thread brian . whipple
We did not get the bird after 90 mins of looking. Cops showed up after that. While they were taking info and issuing summonses, i kept looking. they were good natured. On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:00 AM nathan o'reilly natro...@hotmail.com [ebirdsnyc] wrote: > > > Did they get the bird before the