[NatureNS] Acadian Flycatcher on Brier Island

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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)

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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=
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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=
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<div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, May 21, 2018