chris@leadsv.UUCP (Chris Salander) (12/02/87)
How can you tell that a particular bird is not suppose to be in your area? The bird books talk about general ranges. But birds out of place seems to be a hot topic. Ex: During this summer I saw at least two Northern Waterthrushes. I though nothing of it, (other than "what a cute bird"). Then recently I started getting the local Audobon newsletter. It in they site the discovery of a Northern Waterthrush as something exceptional and worth reporting. (For our area). Is there an accumulated record of appearances?
dmark@sunybcs.UUCP (12/03/87)
In article <1822@leadsv.UUCP> chris@leadsv.UUCP (Chris Salander) writes: > > How can you tell that a particular bird is not suppose to >be in your area? The bird books talk about general ranges. But >birds out of place seems to be a hot topic. > > Ex: During this summer I saw at least two Northern >Waterthrushes. I though nothing of it, (other than "what a cute >bird"). Then recently I started getting the local Audobon >newsletter. It in they site the discovery of a Northern Waterthrush >as something exceptional and worth reporting. (For our area). >Is there an accumulated record of appearances? > For California (as well as Oregon, Washington, B.C., and Alaska) I recommend Don Roberson's excellent book "Rare Birds of the West Coast". I don't know of an equivalent single source for the rest of the country. Roberson published the book himself. I can look up the publisher information at home if there is interest. David Mark geodmm@ubvms.BITNET dmark@joey.cs.buffalo.edu dmark@buffalo