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Index of Subjects --_000_2018052121350459884391863153456dalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Nancy, One-observer rarity reports bedevil rarities committees. =FDAs a compiler a= nd monographer of Brier Island birds, my principle is to accept well docume= nted single-observer reports by reputable observers. What to do about my ow= n reports? I rely on my co- author Lance Laviolette to keep my toes to the = fire. As for eBird, its arbiters will speak for themselves when I submit the repo= rt. I'm sure they would like a photo, but rather than grab my camera my ins= tinct is to study a bird rather than shoot first. Many new birders shoot fi= rst and then study the photo rather than the bird. I deprecate this. Field = skills are hard-won. All the best, Eric Eric L. Mills Lower Rose Bay Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia Canada (on Brier Island) From: nancy dowd Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 14:49 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Acadian Flycatcher on Brier Island That is quite a sighting! Hope it sticks around for you or others to get a = photo and/or recording. Is a detailed description, like yours, enough for i= t to be confirmed or does this species require more? Nancy Sent from my iPad On May 21, 2018, at 11:57 AM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca<mailto:E.Mills@Dal= .Ca>> wrote: A convincing Acadian Flycatcher was along the roadside of Gull Rock Road ab= out 10am. I glimpsed it from the rear first, saw striking greenish colour f= rom head down the back, and thought I had a Yellow-bellied. Then it turned = and I could see whitish throat and light malar, white extending down mid- b= reast to the belly and very pale yellowish breast sides and flanks. It was = a big bird, with long tail and wing extension. The bill, which was substant= ial, had a conspicuous yellowish- orange lower mandible. At this point, before I could even raise my camera, a car, the first I had = seen all morning, came banging down the road and the bird took off. I could= not find it again, but I did locate a Least Flycatcher, which was useful f= or comparison. Eric L. Mills Lower Rose Bay Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia Canada (on Brier Island) --_000_2018052121350459884391863153456dalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1= 256"> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> </head> <body dir=3D"auto"> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Hi Nancy, </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> One-observer rarity reports bedevil rarities committees. =FDAs a compiler a= nd monographer of Brier Island birds, my principle is to accept well docume= nted single-observer reports by reputable observers. What to do about my ow= n reports? I rely on my co- author Lance Laviolette to keep my toes to the fire. </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> As for eBird, its arbiters will speak for themselves when I submit the repo= rt. I'm sure they would like a photo, but rather than grab my camera my ins= tinct is to study a bird rather than shoot first. Many new birders shoot fi= rst and then study the photo rather than the bird. I deprecate this. Field skills are hard-won.</div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> All the best,</div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Eric</div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro= ',sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; backgrou= nd-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif= ,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rgb= (255,255,255)"> Eric L. Mills <br> Lower Rose Bay<br> Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia <br> Canada</div> <div style=3D"font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif= ,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rgb= (255,255,255)"> (on Brier Island) </div> <table width=3D"100%" style=3D"background-color:white; border-spacing:0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan=3D"2" style=3D"font-size:initial; text-align:initial; backgroun= d-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div style=3D"border-style:solid none none; border-top-color:rgb(181,196,22= 3); border-top-width:1pt; padding:3pt 0in 0in; font-family:Tahoma,'BB Alpha= Sans','Slate Pro'; font-size:10pt"> <div><b>From: </b>nancy dowd</div> <div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, May 21, 2018