Hi,
Ron said:
The other consideration is how often any of us would take a second look at something that looks almost identical to a 'trash' species. So, even if we see something rare, we might not 'see' it. Ron McCluskey

...one of the most interesting things I was refered to in the SIBLEY blog was this link to an "Awareness Test" at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4
Thought it was worthwhile.


To answer Scott:

"so (I) would ask are these county code 4 and 5 or state code 4 and 5? While the county lists are helpful, I wouldn't take those codes too seriously as sometimes its been a while since a county was updated or a birds status wasn't well understood at the time of the checklist.

Sorry for my inexactitude, I really should have been more precise; those are County code 4's and 5's,
though I didn't arrive at their "coding" by any outdated county list nor misunderstood status of the species, but
rather by 25 years of county birding and a constant fixation on the local scene.
My point is the same though, county wide or country wide, I believe we detect an exceedinly small proportion of the "rare" birds which occur.
Keith
Olympia, WA
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