If birders want a list primarily devoted to rare bird sightings, then
starting a new list seems like a good idea. As already was pointed out,
the NYSBIRDS list information and rules state that the "primary purpose
of the List is to disseminate information about wild bird sightings in
and aroun
The list partitioning into rare and common birds is basically
illusory. NJ makes a go of it but most of the rare birds are carried
on the "general" list, and often get there first. If you compare the
rarity reporting this spring, BTBlue seems to have covered very few of
them. Some have been repo
The real problem with reporting on this list is really a matter of style and
not content in my opinion. Some people use this list to report information on
common, resident or migrant birds and others use this list to report regional
rarities and rare migrants. So if you are only looking to se
