Folks I am getting reports that the original photo was from California. While that is surely more plausible than the bird showing up well out of range, I need to get more information from the original sighter. Needless to say that this new information puts the original post’s veracity in doubt. Nonetheless, I have called my friend who reported it and he is sticking by his story.
I just want everyone to know that I didn’t take reporting the bird lightly and had a long conversation with my friend before reporting explaining how implausible it would be to see this species here in NY. More to come. ... to be continued. On Oct 3, 2018, at 9:36 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Well, that's clearly a Yellow-billed Magpie. I'd say the chance of it being a wild vagrant is about zero. A nonmigratory species, separated by mountains and thousands of miles, turning up here is extremely unlikely. JMHO Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Project Manager Distance Learning in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 607-254-2452 ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of matt klein <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:57 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Yellow-Billed Magpie in Great Neck today My buddy, Dan Galimidi observed and photographed a yellow-billed magpie sitting on a telephone wire in Great Neck today between 3 and 4 PM. A link to the photo posted to Facebook is here. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156079055974401&set=gm.281339845836710&type=3 It would be extremely out of range if it was in fact a wild bird. The species seems to only be found in a small area in California. Reporting it here to see is anyone else has seen it or has any ideas how it would have gotten here. Thanks! Matt ... to be continued. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> 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> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> 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> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
