I was one of many goofy birders that saw the NECO in the fall of 2005 in Maryland. In fact, the day I went with Winger West to see it, I was on the phone with my wife, Jill, who was in California at the time. She was telling me about the Hermit Warbler she was looking at. I said, "You saw a Hermit Warbler?" Rick Sussman, another Maryland birder standing near by, heard me and asked, "who the heck are you talking to and where are they?"
Things like yard lists and such bring up such wonderful memories. We had a Golden Eagle in our yard in Hyrum, Utah, one day when we came home from shopping in Salt Lake City. Good birding, Richard > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl > Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:29:37 -0400 > To: [email protected] > > That's right, the yard list is the exception. For most geographical > entities, whether abstract (nation, province, state, township, city, > village, school district...) or physical (like the Cayuga basin), a > bright line is presumed, and your bird is either inside or its > outside the line. But the "yard" is more whimsical: its boundary > expands and contracts with weather, lighting, and the availability of > sanctioned instruments (which might include optics, sky-microphones, > helium balloons, etc.), and so your bird is always in! > > -Geo > > > On Mar 30, 2011, at 8:08 PM, RICHARD JILL WOOD wrote: > > > Note that a state bird is different. For example, if you are in > > Maryland and you see a Neotropic Cormorant on the other side of the > > Potomac in Virginia, the Cormorant is NOT a Maryland bird. > > > > For the record, I have seen a Neotropic Cormorant on the Potomac. > > He was in the Maryland side, however. > > > > Richard > > > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:15:10 +0000 > > > > A yard bird is anything you identify by hearing or seeing it while > > you are on your property. The bird can be as far as you can see or > > hear. Congratulations. > > --Dave Nutter > > > > On Mar 30, 2011, at 04:03 AM, M & K Mannella <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Last night just before dark we had a SHORT-EARED OWL make a couple > > of circles around the house. > > (does that count as a "yard bird" or does it have to actually land > > to be counted?) > > > > Michele > > Interlaken/Ovid > > > > Sent from miPhone > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > > ARCHIVES: > > 1) [email protected]/maillist.html'>http://www.mail- > > archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > > > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > > > -- > > > > Geo Kloppel > Bowmaker & Restorer > 227 Tupper Road > Spencer NY 14883 > > 607 564 7026 > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
