The other day on the NJ rare bird alert there's was posted 2 swainson's Hawks and 4 Bachman's sparrows and a few other not likely to be credible species. I don't know who posted but the Bachman's were ridiculous.
L Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone On Feb 18, 2016, at 9:35 AM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: FYI...please take note of the comment below from Phil Jeffery. 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu<http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> The Art of War<http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com<http://www.birdingdude.blogspot.com> Begin forwarded message: From: "Phil Jeffrey [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [ebirdsnyc]" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: February 18, 2016 at 12:16:16 PM EST To: ebirds NYC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Smew, Warren County Reply-To: Phil Jeffrey <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> If considering chasing this bird, please be aware that: 1. the photographer has not indicated exactly where it was seen - despite requests - and the Delaware Water Gap is long with the road not tracking the river bank in many places 2. at this time I'm more than a little cynical about the actual report, since merely finding a Smew is remarkable, much less getting fairly close for a shot of one on a river that is not all that narrow. The lack of further information is *odd*. I will post an update if it gets reported. If you're not a subscriber, the NJ and PA lists can be tracked via the ABA aggregation site at: http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NJ01 http://birding.aba.org/maillist/PA01 Alex Lamoreaux has made a map of potential river viewing spots: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zA4xEWj_1RE0.kxPGOGyekmIc Phil __._,_.___ ________________________________ Posted by: Phil Jeffrey <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> ________________________________ Reply via web post<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/conversations/messages/15837;_ylc=X3oDMTJyZzN0OHIxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxNTgzNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE0NTU4MTU3OTY-?act=reply&messageNum=15837> • Reply to sender <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20%5Bebirdsnyc%5D%20Fwd%3A%20%5BJERSEYBI%5D%20Smew%2C%20Warren%20County> • Reply to group <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20%5Bebirdsnyc%5D%20Fwd%3A%20%5BJERSEYBI%5D%20Smew%2C%20Warren%20County> • Start a New Topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNmExamQxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0NTU4MTU3OTY-> • Messages in this topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/conversations/topics/15836;_ylc=X3oDMTM3dWJzcmozBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxNTgzNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0NTU4MTU3OTYEdHBjSWQDMTU4MzY-> (2) ebirdsnyc: bird sightings from the NYC area Visit Your Group<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdmkzZXJmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTU4MTU3OTY-> [Yahoo! Groups]<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaGZhYnAwBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ1NTgxNTc5Nw--> • Privacy<https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe<mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use<https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> . __,_._,___ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ --
