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<div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, May 21, 2018 Thank you- true words. I also think it is a good practice to learn to ID a bird in the field (song, behaviour, etc) rather than rely on taking pictures of everything and IDing them at home later. That way you learn about the bird and can recognize it as a whole much easier. Relying on pics becomes a habit otherwise. Nancy > On May 21, 2018, at 6:35 PM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> wrote: > > Hi Nancy, > > One-observer rarity reports bedevil rarities committees. As a compiler and monographer of Brier Island birds, my principle is to accept well documented single-observer reports by reputable observers. What to do about my own 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 report. I'm sure they would like a photo, but rather than grab my camera my instinct is to study a bird rather than shoot first. Many new birders shoot first 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 it 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> wrote: > >> A convincing Acadian Flycatcher was along the roadside of Gull Rock Road about 10am. I glimpsed it from the rear first, saw striking greenish colour from 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- breast 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 substantial, 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 for comparison. >> >> Eric L. Mills >> Lower Rose Bay >> Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia >> Canada >> (on Brier Island)
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