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 can be found here:
http://birding.aba.org/maillist/PA01 

 

Barry E. Blust
21 Rabbit Run Lane
Glenmoore, PA
Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County
  barrybl...@comcast.net 

 

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to
everything else in the Universe."

  -- John Muir

 

===


Subject: Black-backed Oriole. Berks county
Date: Fri Feb 3 2017 11:20 am
From: scottweidensaul AT verizon.net


 


  While this is an exciting sighting, I think it's important to realize that
this is a species that shows only limited, mostly altitudinal migratory
behavior in its natural range in Mexico, and like most orioles is routinely
kept there as a cage bird (and thus, perhaps, illegally north of the border
as well). I think PORC is going to have its hands full trying to suss out
the provenance of this bird.



  Scott Weidensaul



  Schuylkill Haven, PA



===

From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania  on
behalf of Geoff Malosh 

Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 3:28 PM

To: pabi...@list.audubon.org

Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Black-backed Oriole. Berks county

 

Jerald and all,

 

Along with the difficulties Scott Weidensaul already mentioned about this
species (primarily altitudinal migrant, endemic to central Mexico, not known
to wander widely, commonly kept in captivity at least in Mexico) is the fact
that it's an adult male -- precisely the age/sex one would most expect for
an escaped or released cage bird. If this were a young-of-the-year bird
(probably more likely to "get lost" and while also less likely to have been
shuttled up here illegally) it would be a different story. Of course, if it
was a young bird it would probably be passed off as a Bullock's or a hybrid,
ha ha!

 

The truth is that there is no way to prove that this bird is wild. Unless
it's directly shown somehow to be an escaped captive (which *is* provable in
certain cases), ultimately the provenance of this bird is unknowable. So it
will be up to every individual birder's own subjective judgment and
philosophy to decide whether this bird "counts". The Pennsylvania
Ornithological Records Committee, and indeed the ABA Checklist Committee,
will likewise be forced to make an entirely subjective judgment on the
record according to nothing more than their own personal philosophies and
intuition. That's simply the way it is with birds like this -- there's no
way to know for sure. So my advice would be this: if you would like a chance
to see a free-flying Black-backed Oriole and not have to travel to central
Mexico to do it, then go see this bird and enjoy it, and don't get too
caught up in the unknowable question of whether it "counts". In the end,
everyone's lists are their own.

 

Good birding,

 

Geoff Malosh

Allegheny County

 

(PS - my guess is this bird isn't going to "count". I'll probably go try to
see it at some point anyway.)

 

 

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From: bounce-121208407-77645...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-121208407-77645...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Trachtenberg
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 12:45 PM
To: Anders Peltomaa
Cc: Ethan Goodman; NYSBIRDS; EBirds NYC
Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir
probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

 

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

 

Beautiful adult red shouldered hawk perched low right at entrance to croton
point park this a.m. 

Sent from my iPhone


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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 can be found here:
http://birding.aba.org/maillist/PA01 

 

Barry E. Blust
21 Rabbit Run Lane
Glenmoore, PA
Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County
  barrybl...@comcast.net 

 

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to
everything else in the Universe."

  -- John Muir

 

===


Subject: Black-backed Oriole. Berks county
Date: Fri Feb 3 2017 11:20 am
From: scottweidensaul AT verizon.net


 


  While this is an exciting sighting, I think it's important to realize that
this is a species that shows only limited, mostly altitudinal migratory
behavior in its natural range in Mexico, and like most orioles is routinely
kept there as a cage bird (and thus, perhaps, illegally north of the border
as well). I think PORC is going to have its hands full trying to suss out
the provenance of this bird.



  Scott Weidensaul



  Schuylkill Haven, PA



===

From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania  on
behalf of Geoff Malosh 

Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 3:28 PM

To: pabi...@list.audubon.org

Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Black-backed Oriole. Berks county

 

Jerald and all,

 

Along with the difficulties Scott Weidensaul already mentioned about this
species (primarily altitudinal migrant, endemic to central Mexico, not known
to wander widely, commonly kept in captivity at least in Mexico) is the fact
that it's an adult male -- precisely the age/sex one would most expect for
an escaped or released cage bird. If this were a young-of-the-year bird
(probably more likely to "get lost" and while also less likely to have been
shuttled up here illegally) it would be a different story. Of course, if it
was a young bird it would probably be passed off as a Bullock's or a hybrid,
ha ha!

 

The truth is that there is no way to prove that this bird is wild. Unless
it's directly shown somehow to be an escaped captive (which *is* provable in
certain cases), ultimately the provenance of this bird is unknowable. So it
will be up to every individual birder's own subjective judgment and
philosophy to decide whether this bird "counts". The Pennsylvania
Ornithological Records Committee, and indeed the ABA Checklist Committee,
will likewise be forced to make an entirely subjective judgment on the
record according to nothing more than their own personal philosophies and
intuition. That's simply the way it is with birds like this -- there's no
way to know for sure. So my advice would be this: if you would like a chance
to see a free-flying Black-backed Oriole and not have to travel to central
Mexico to do it, then go see this bird and enjoy it, and don't get too
caught up in the unknowable question of whether it "counts". In the end,
everyone's lists are their own.

 

Good birding,

 

Geoff Malosh

Allegheny County

 

(PS - my guess is this bird isn't going to "count". I'll probably go try to
see it at some point anyway.)

 

 

===

 

 

From: bounce-121208407-77645...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-121208407-77645...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Trachtenberg
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 12:45 PM
To: Anders Peltomaa
Cc: Ethan Goodman; NYSBIRDS; EBirds NYC
Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir
probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

 

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

 

Beautiful adult red shouldered hawk perched low right at entrance to croton
point park this a.m. 

Sent from my iPhone


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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

Beautiful adult red shouldered hawk perched low right at entrance to croton 
point park this a.m.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 4, 2017, at 12:26 PM, Anders Peltomaa 
> wrote:

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 that it was a recent rehab 
released bird.

- Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Ethan Goodman 
ethangood...@rocketmail.com [ebirdsnyc] 
> 
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.


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi 
> 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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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

Beautiful adult red shouldered hawk perched low right at entrance to croton 
point park this a.m.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 4, 2017, at 12:26 PM, Anders Peltomaa 
mailto:anders.pelto...@gmail.com>> wrote:

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 that it was a recent rehab 
released bird.

- Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Ethan Goodman 
ethangood...@rocketmail.com [ebirdsnyc] 
mailto:ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com>> 
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.


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi 
mailto: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.

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

2017-02-04 Thread Ardith Bondi 
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.


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone 

On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi
 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.

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

2017-02-04 Thread Ardith Bondi 
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.


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone 

On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi
 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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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 that it was
a recent rehab released bird.

- Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Ethan Goodman ethangood...@rocketmail.com
[ebirdsnyc]  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.
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone 
>
> On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi 
> 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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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 that it was
a recent rehab released bird.

- Anders Peltomaa
Manhattan

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Ethan Goodman ethangood...@rocketmail.com
[ebirdsnyc]  wrote:

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

2017-02-04 Thread Ethan Goodman 
 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px 
#715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white 
!important; } 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. 


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi  
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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Re: [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Ethan Goodman 
 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px 
#715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white 
!important; } 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. 


Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone


On Saturday, February 4, 2017, 9:48 AM, Ardith Bondi  
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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[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe on CPk Reservoir probably is a bird released by WBF on Wednesday

2017-02-04 Thread Ardith Bondi 

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

2017-02-04 Thread Ardith Bondi 

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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