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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_NTm9SrsyC/gN2OL50MKG8w) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi all, The subject of reporting and verifying rare bird sightings is not new. In the fall of 2005 there was considerable discussion and debate about Rainbow Haven's White-faced/Glossy Ibis. The tenure of the debate both on NatureNS and on the ground was of a type I had never encountered before. I felt then that a Rare Birds Committee/Bird Records Committee was needed. As a then director of the Nova Scotia Bird Society I forwarded a proposal to the Nova Scotia Bird Society, Nov. 14, 2005, which was tabled, discussed, revised and eventually approved as the Nova Scotia Bird Records Committee whose mandate, among others, included the review and approval of rare bird sightings. The reporting of the recent Swallow-tailed Kite in Halifax's Northwest Arm is entirely a different matter. The only mechanism that currently exists for rapid dissemination of information on such sightings is the NS-RBA. This process is far superior to phone loops of which I have experience because it is faster and more reliable. After receiving the call I grabbed my camera and made time prior to departing to post the information on NS-RBA so that others could also search for this mega rare bird. The other alternative is for me to say nothing about an unconfirmed sighting, find the bird, and post photographs afterwards. Hans ________________________________________________________________________________________________ When viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation buttons on my website ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com ________________________________________________________________________________________________ --Boundary_(ID_NTm9SrsyC/gN2OL50MKG8w) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The subject of reporting and verifying rare bird sightings is not new. In the fall of 2005 there was considerable discussion and debate about Rainbow Haven's White-faced/Glossy Ibis. The tenure of the debate both on NatureNS and on the ground was of a type I had never encountered before. I felt then that a Rare Birds Committee/Bird Records Committee was needed. As a then director of the Nova Scotia Bird Society I forwarded a proposal to the Nova Scotia Bird Society, Nov. 14, 2005, which was tabled, discussed, revised and eventually approved as the Nova Scotia Bird Records Committee whose mandate, among others, included the review and approval of rare bird sightings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The reporting of the recent Swallow-tailed Kite in Halifax's Northwest Arm is entirely a different matter. The only mechanism that currently exists for rapid dissemination of information on such sightings is the NS-RBA. This process is far superior to phone loops of which I have experience because it is faster and more reliable. After receiving the call I grabbed my camera and made time prior to departing to post the information on NS-RBA so that others could also search for this mega rare bird.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The other alternative is for me to say nothing about an unconfirmed sighting, find the bird, and post photographs afterwards. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>When viewing images tap F11 or View Full Screen and use the navigation buttons on my website<BR>________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>Hans Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>E-mail: <A href="mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca">htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca</A><BR>Migration Count: <A href="http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html">http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html</A><BR>Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com <BR>________________________________________________________________________________________________</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_NTm9SrsyC/gN2OL50MKG8w)--
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