Michael Hobbs writes:

<<Does anyone have any better ideas for phrasing the concept of having located
an
individual bird hours or days after it was last seen that doesn't imply
transportation?>>

Well, you could use re-located to mean "located again", but I think it is pretty unambiguous to say that the kestrel had been relocated IN Skagit County. Relocation TO a place implies transportation, but relocation IN a place does not. The real ambiguity arises when the phrase is simply "the bird was relocated (on Saturday)." In this case, it does sound like the bird has been moved (e.g. to more appropriate habitat). Maybe "found again" or something like that would be more appropriate.

My 2 cents (=3.2 cents Cdn)

--Nick Pharris
Olympia, WA
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