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 + 1 646 429 2667 On 18 February 2016 at 13:53, Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com> wrote: > 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, Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* > <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> > > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > > (") _ (") > > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* "Phil Jeffrey phil.jeff...@gmail.com [ebirdsnyc]" < > ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> > *Date:* February 18, 2016 at 12:16:16 PM EST > *To:* ebirds NYC <ebirds...@yahoogroups.com> > *Subject:* *Re: [ebirdsnyc] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Smew, Warren County* > *Reply-To:* Phil Jeffrey <phil.jeff...@gmail.com> > > > > If considering chasing this bird, please be aware that: > > 1. the photographer has not indicated exactly where it was seen - despite > requests - and the Delaware Water Gap is long with the road not tracking > the river bank in many places > 2. at this time I'm more than a little cynical about the actual report, > since merely finding a Smew is remarkable, much less getting fairly close > for a shot of one on a river that is not all that narrow. 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