Good point, Jacob. As I recall, the Jackdaws nested on a building (federal prison?) in Pennsylvania. They also nested in Quebec, Canada.
I did go to see a Jackdaw in New Haven, Connecticut back then. I don't recall any follow-up to the Penn. Birds. But, I've heard that the Quebec F&W people purposely destroyed all the Canada birds to prevent any chance of seeing a colony established. The facts and reasoning are all hearsay on my part. Maybe someone has some more reliable information. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore New York. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jacob Drucker Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [nysbirds-l] Eurasian Jackdaws and Hooded Crows Hi All, Out of curiosity, I was wondering if anybody knows what the birding community's reaction was when Eurasian Jackdaw's turned up in MA in 1982, and if I remember correctly, I read somewhere that they bred in PA once. Given that this species and Hooded Crow are often within proximity of each other in Europe, and behave similarly it would be interesting to compare patterns of their vagrancy. When the Jackdaws mentioned above showed up, was the birding community skeptical of their origin? How were those birds deemed wild? Argh, Jacob Drucker Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
