RE: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Barry E. Blust
Larry et al, I live in southeast PA, about an hour away for the Black-backed Oriole which I was lucky enough to see yesterday afternoon. Below are a couple of postings from the PABirds Listserv that have mentioned the pedigree issue of the bird. The ongoing discussion and reports of the bird

RE: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Barry E. Blust
Larry et al, I live in southeast PA, about an hour away for the Black-backed Oriole which I was lucky enough to see yesterday afternoon. Below are a couple of postings from the PABirds Listserv that have mentioned the pedigree issue of the bird. The ongoing discussion and reports of the bird

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
Tangentially related, and not that I would chase it, but was curious if there are any thoughts on the pedigree of the Black backed oriole being seen at a feeder in Berks County PA (near Reading)? If accepted I understand it would be a first North American ABA record. L. Trachtenberg Ossining

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Larry Trachtenberg
Tangentially related, and not that I would chase it, but was curious if there are any thoughts on the pedigree of the Black backed oriole being seen at a feeder in Berks County PA (near Reading)? If accepted I understand it would be a first North American ABA record. L. Trachtenberg Ossining

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi Ethan and all, I have checked with WBF in the past in regards to for instance Virginia Rail sightings. Am hoping to work out an agreement on heads-up notices in the near future. Chasing rare bird reports and celebrating successful twitches, becomes sour experiences when one afterwards find out

Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Anders Peltomaa
Hi Ethan and all, I have checked with WBF in the past in regards to for instance Virginia Rail sightings. Am hoping to work out an agreement on heads-up notices in the near future. Chasing rare bird reports and celebrating successful twitches, becomes sour experiences when one afterwards find out