D Marven wrote:

> Just recently two really rare species were seen in our area, Whooper
> Swan and Eurasian Kestrel both have gone and vanished into thin air.
> Does this show how lacking we are at finding rare birds,

There are literally thousands of square miles that are not observed by
birders and also a swan can probably fly out of BC, over WA, and on
southward in one 24 hour period.

> I know we found them once but why not twice are
> we not looking properly, are we that bad that we could let these birds
> disappear.

If we would put satellite tracking devices on them instead of bands we could
just tick them off via the computer. We would not have to hunt for them. We
would always know where they are. When one got close enough we could drag
ourselves outside and take a peek at it flying over. :-)

Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA
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