Hi Folks,
Thanks for the report Ron.
I have two suggestions for the benefit of the listserv.
1) Please put birds of interest in the subject line. If you don't have anything noteworthy, then a locality with date is fine. But there's usually a reason one decides to post; so please think about that for the subject line.
2) Paste the URL of an eBird checklist into your message like this:
http://ebird.org/ebird/iss/view/checklist?subID=S11580313
It looks better, and everyone sees your list in a consistent format (and the taxonomy of old lists will be updated; so the link is better that way too). Sending a message to yourself and then forwarding it to an email listserv is so 2011.
Birding reports and commentary on the listserv combined with an eBird checklist is the double whammy of goodness. It's an effective way to communicate bird observations these days.
To copy the public URL for an eBird checklist, simply copy the URL in your browser when you finish your eBird checklist (it will look like the one above with a unique number after the equals sign). This URL is also there whenever viewing a list, and an option to share the link via Facebook and Twitter sits on the righthand side of the eBird checklist display. The Facebook link isn't so useful, but clicking on the Twitter symbol provides a clean URL with locality. All you need to do is copy that (no need to join or use Twitter, and, heaven forbid, Facebook). If anyone has questions about how to do it, write me off list. I'd be glad to help.
As a postscript, I'd guess that the Wilson's Phalarope at Weskeag is likely an immature (first Basic or first winter). By now, juvenile Wilson's Phalaropes have molted all the back and scapulars to gray and look similar to adults in winter. A close look would tell. It could be an adult, but the pattern on the hidden tertials or wing coverts would need to be seen.
Thanks for listening (reading),
Louis
Fairfield
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