Please remove my email from this site.....C. Mason On 7/16/2017 9:00 PM, VTBIRD automatic digest system wrote: > There are 6 messages totaling 288 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Waterthrushes Long Swamp, Jul 16, 2017 (2) > 2. Yellow-breasted Chat > 3. Illustrated Checklist (2) > 4. Peregrine Falcon - UVM - photos > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:51:13 -0400 > From: Sue <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Waterthrushes Long Swamp, Jul 16, 2017 > > Surprised to hear northern waterthrushes still singing. Of course they were accompanied by the whine of mosquitos! A grouse stood in the road and a deer watched me as I approached---- both ducked into the swamp. > Sue Wetmore > > Sent from my iPod > Jul 16, 2017 >> Long Swamp, Brandon, Vermont, US >> Jul 16, 2017 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM >> Protocol: Traveling >> 0.5 mile(s) >> Comments: Mosquitoes were annoying. >> 19 species >> >> Ruffed Grouse 1 >> Mourning Dove 2 >> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 >> Downy Woodpecker 1 >> Willow Flycatcher 1 >> Red-eyed Vireo 2 >> Black-capped Chickadee 3 >> Tufted Titmouse 1 >> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 >> Veery 5 >> Gray Catbird 5 >> Cedar Waxwing 4 >> Ovenbird 1 >> Northern Waterthrush 3 >> Common Yellowthroat 4 >> Song Sparrow 1 >> Eastern Towhee 1 >> Purple Finch 1 >> American Goldfinch 5 >> >> View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38165324 >> >> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt) > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:44:00 +0000 > From: Henry Trombley <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Yellow-breasted Chat > > A Yellow-breasted Chat was caught at banded this 6:40 this morning at Dead Creek. The bird was caught a second time at 11am so it may be staying in the area. The banding is done on the north side of Rt 17 at Dead Creek. Park at the fishing access, then walk to the end of the track through the orange gate. The bird was last seen at the end of the track. > > Picture posted in the VT eBird Flickr group. Yellow-breasted Chat. Banded at Dead Creek Bird Observatory. > > > | > | > | > | | | > > | > > | > | > | | > Yellow-breasted Chat. Banded at Dead Creek Bird Observatory. > | | > > | > > | > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:11:39 -0400 > From: Kent McFarland <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Illustrated Checklist > > Hi Martha, > Justin is correct. It pulls the data from all of our checklists to populate > whatever area or hotspot you request for illustrated checklists. So if you > want to add an image or sound, you must add it via a checklist. If you only > have an image or sound and no complete checklist, if you know the date, > you can add it via an incidental or historical checklist type. > > Also, folks have noticed and commented that some of their images and sounds > are not showing up. There are two reasons. First, if you added them the old > way before eBird allowed uploading directly (such as Flickr tags in > comments), then there is no image to use. That just showed your image using > HTML when one looked at the checklist. So you have to go back to those old > checklists and actually upload the images and sounds to them and delete the > HTML in the comment boxes that used Flickr. The second reason it won't show > up is if it is rare or out of season and flagged for review. It won't show > up until one of the county coordinators reviews the data and it becomes > valid in eBird. > > Thanks so much for contributing to Vermont eBird! > > Kent > > ____________________________ > > Kent McFarland > Vermont Center for Ecostudies > PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055 > 802.649.1431 x201 > > <http://vtecostudies.org/> > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Martha Pfeiffer < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Kent, >> Great addition to ebird checklists. >> Question: I wanted to add a photo (there was none of a Great Egret) and >> clicked on the "add photo" and the page sent me to "submit observations", >> location, etc. as if I were submitting a checklist rather than letting me >> choose a photo from my computer files. How best to put in a photo? >> >> Cheers, Martha >> > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:17:20 -0400 > From: Mike Sargent <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Peregrine Falcon - UVM - photos > > Yesterday in the hour before sunset the falcon finally decided to perch in the sunlight rather than the shade. I've posted a few photos at > > http://www.uvm.edu/~msargent/nature2017/new > > for those who may not have had the opportunity to see this bird, although the distance way up in the tower brought out the limitations of my non-professional 300 mm lens. Image 4 shows a full view of both legs, with no evidence of banding. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 21:44:14 -0400 > From: Ken Copenhaver <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Waterthrushes Long Swamp, Jul 16, 2017 > > The waterthrushes were also still singing at Missisqoui NWR yesterday. > > --Ken Copenhaver > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Sue <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Surprised to hear northern waterthrushes still singing. Of course they >> were accompanied by the whine of mosquitos! A grouse stood in the road and >> a deer watched me as I approached---- both ducked into the swamp. >> Sue Wetmore >> >> Sent from my iPod >> Jul 16, 2017 >>> Long Swamp, Brandon, Vermont, US >>> Jul 16, 2017 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM >>> Protocol: Traveling >>> 0.5 mile(s) >>> Comments: Mosquitoes were annoying. >>> 19 species >>> >>> Ruffed Grouse 1 >>> Mourning Dove 2 >>> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 >>> Downy Woodpecker 1 >>> Willow Flycatcher 1 >>> Red-eyed Vireo 2 >>> Black-capped Chickadee 3 >>> Tufted Titmouse 1 >>> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 >>> Veery 5 >>> Gray Catbird 5 >>> Cedar Waxwing 4 >>> Ovenbird 1 >>> Northern Waterthrush 3 >>> Common Yellowthroat 4 >>> Song Sparrow 1 >>> Eastern Towhee 1 >>> Purple Finch 1 >>> American Goldfinch 5 >>> >>> View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/ >> checklist/S38165324 >>> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt >> ) >> > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 21:52:19 -0400 > From: Ken Copenhaver <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Illustrated Checklist > > Kent, > Just wondering....If more than one photo has been submitted for a given > species at the same hotspot, which one is selected for the Illustrated > Checklist? Newest? Oldest? Something else? > > Thanks, Ken Copenhaver > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Kent McFarland <[log in to unmask] >> wrote: >> Hi Martha, >> Justin is correct. It pulls the data from all of our checklists to populate >> whatever area or hotspot you request for illustrated checklists. So if you >> want to add an image or sound, you must add it via a checklist. If you only >> have an image or sound and no complete checklist, if you know the date, >> you can add it via an incidental or historical checklist type. >> >> Also, folks have noticed and commented that some of their images and sounds >> are not showing up. There are two reasons. First, if you added them the old >> way before eBird allowed uploading directly (such as Flickr tags in >> comments), then there is no image to use. That just showed your image using >> HTML when one looked at the checklist. So you have to go back to those old >> checklists and actually upload the images and sounds to them and delete the >> HTML in the comment boxes that used Flickr. The second reason it won't show >> up is if it is rare or out of season and flagged for review. It won't show >> up until one of the county coordinators reviews the data and it becomes >> valid in eBird. >> >> Thanks so much for contributing to Vermont eBird! >> >> Kent >> >> ____________________________ >> >> Kent McFarland >> Vermont Center for Ecostudies >> PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055 >> 802.649.1431 x201 >> >> <http://vtecostudies.org/> >> >> On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Martha Pfeiffer < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Kent, >>> Great addition to ebird checklists. >>> Question: I wanted to add a photo (there was none of a Great Egret) and >>> clicked on the "add photo" and the page sent me to "submit observations", >>> location, etc. as if I were submitting a checklist rather than letting me >>> choose a photo from my computer files. How best to put in a photo? >>> >>> Cheers, Martha >>> > ------------------------------ > > End of VTBIRD Digest - 15 Jul 2017 to 16 Jul 2017 (#2017-177) > ************************************************************* >