> From: Mike Patterson <celata at pacifier.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Phainopepla - wow!
>
> I suspect you're misinterpretting the BBS map. The green line
> that runs through Canada is the limit for all surveys. It
> means no surveys are done above that line and you'll find it
> on all BBS map products.

As the immortal Homer would say: D'Oh!

I should have known that.

> The BBS range for Phainopepla detections stops at central
> California.

I suspect one of your suggestions is correct (my wife, on being told of this
sighting, without even looking up from her laptop, muttered "Steller's Jay"
and continued working). Still, climate change and all, so one never knows.
It would be an amazing sighting, for sure.

-Josh (at blarg dot net)