I agree with the thought that there should be one place to report rarities so
everyone can see the reports. The NYSBirds list is the place where that has
been done for many years. I am one of those who doesn't use other sites or
modern technology to find out about rarities. I only use the Cornell list and
don't see why all people don't report there first and then if they want to
report to other places that's fine. In my opinion it's selfish not to report
to a general place first. I've noticed that this is the same in a lot of the
other states in the area where some don't report to the state RBA.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701
From: Paul R Sweet <[email protected]>
To: Andrew Baksh <[email protected]>
Cc: Ethan Maitra <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>; nysbirds-l <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Ash-throated Flycatcher
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{margin-bottom:0in;}-->As I think I'm being called out here perhaps let's talk
about some recommendations on how rarities are reported? Andrew you could take
the lead here? One problem is that there are two “rare bird alerts” for NY that
are often filled with run-of-the-mill daily lists and non rarity sightings.
While these are of interest to some, they dilute the power of an RBA. As a
suggestion could we make a recommendation that one of these becomes a true RBA
for NYSARC reportable or at least scarce taxa only ([email protected]) and
the other a site for daily lists and musings on other aspects of local birding
([email protected]). Of course the proliferation of bird alerts on
Social Media such as #birdcp on Twitter and various WhatsAp and text alert
groups add to the confusion. In short it would be great to standardize how and
where true rare bird info appears. Ideally we should have a true RBA listserve
like the one that Lloyd ran a few years ago. Over to you Andrew. Paul Sweet
Paul Sweet | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History |
Central Park West @ 79th St | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941
On Nov 20, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Andrew Baksh [email protected] [ebirdsnyc]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Good point but for many, the Nassau County ATFL might be out of the way.
More interesting for me, is how the Brooklyn bird was reported. It appears to
me that we are once again seeing a break down on how rare to uncommon birds are
being reported. I'll withhold fire for now but I again urge all in the game
to keep up the generosity of sharing and sharing early and to the wider
community. There are a lot of birders who don't text, tweet or are not using
any form of social media to communicate. Let's not leave them out. Thanks
-------- "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the
ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~
Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War
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Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
On Nov 20, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Ethan Maitra [email protected] [ebirdsnyc]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Meanwhile, there's an Ash-throated Flycatcher in Nassau (West Lido Beach
Town Park) that is visible from the public parking lot....
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