RE: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread rcech
: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:41 AM To: Shaibal Mitra Cc: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens Hi Shai et al., So I googled Sporophila lineola and up popped an image of a caged bird with an impressively long and varied (though not terribly melodious

RE: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread rcech
: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:41 AM To: Shaibal Mitra Cc: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens Hi Shai et al., So I googled Sporophila lineola and up popped an image of a caged bird with an impressively long and varied (though not terribly melodious

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread Robert Paxton
Hi Shai et al., So I googled Sporophila lineola and up popped an image of a caged bird with an impressively long and varied (though not terribly melodious) song. I strongly suspect an escaped cage bird. Yrs., Bob Paxton On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 4:41 PM Shaibal Mitra wrote: > We birders

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread Robert Paxton
Hi Shai et al., So I googled Sporophila lineola and up popped an image of a caged bird with an impressively long and varied (though not terribly melodious) song. I strongly suspect an escaped cage bird. Yrs., Bob Paxton On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 4:41 PM Shaibal Mitra wrote: > We birders

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Felipe Pimentel
n o'reilly [natro...@hotmail.com<mailto:natro...@hotmail.com>] Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 6:22 PM To: Robert Lewis; Long Island Birding . Cc: birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens On the eBird report from Sept 7 you can see a band on the leg. https://ebird.org/view/ch

FW: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Shaibal Mitra
[natro...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 6:22 PM To: Robert Lewis; Long Island Birding . Cc: birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens On the eBird report from Sept 7 you can see a band on the leg. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345 [https

FW: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Shaibal Mitra
[natro...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 6:22 PM To: Robert Lewis; Long Island Birding . Cc: birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens On the eBird report from Sept 7 you can see a band on the leg. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345 [https

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread nathan o'reilly
.org Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> From: bounce-124002397-79824...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Long Island Birding . Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 5:27 PM To: Robert Lewis Cc: birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens Hello

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread nathan o'reilly
.org Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> From: bounce-124002397-79824...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Long Island Birding . Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 5:27 PM To: Robert Lewis Cc: birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens Hello

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Long Island Birding .
Hello Bob, Just of note these birds are widely available for purchase online and maybe even in local pet stores. I think many feel that it was probably an escapee rather than the more unlikely scenario of a vagrant, but who knows? https://leesexoticbirds.com/prices/

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Long Island Birding .
Hello Bob, Just of note these birds are widely available for purchase online and maybe even in local pet stores. I think many feel that it was probably an escapee rather than the more unlikely scenario of a vagrant, but who knows? https://leesexoticbirds.com/prices/

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Robert Lewis
HUH?? This has been present since September 7??  And not a single post of that fact to this server before?  Or did I miss it? Thank you Shai. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 4:41:42 PM EDT, Shaibal Mitra wrote: We birders are good at distinguishing between

Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Robert Lewis
HUH?? This has been present since September 7??  And not a single post of that fact to this server before?  Or did I miss it? Thank you Shai. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 4:41:42 PM EDT, Shaibal Mitra wrote: We birders are good at distinguishing between

[nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Shaibal Mitra
We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing a Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the

[nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Shaibal Mitra
We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing a Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the