Aidan B Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, DLecy said: Willow Warbler, yes. the Turtle Dove and Common Cuckoo are code 4 and 3 respectively, I think. The fact that some species are regular in Alaska really skews the coding. I thought Willow Warbler was a code 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 19 minutes ago, Aidan B said: I thought Willow Warbler was a code 4? You're right. Apparently, Marsh Sandpiper is also now a Code 4. It was a 5 when I saw it. I guess I've seen lots of Code 4's...and only one current Code 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 8 hours ago, PaulK said: Thanks! I had misunderstood how this worked and thought it was based off of provincial/state-specific lists. That’s how this thread is intended. Code 4+ or birds on a state/province records committee review list. The latter being a superset of the former. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 3 hours ago, neilpa said: That’s how this thread is intended. Code 4+ or birds on a state/province records committee review list. The latter being a superset of the former. eBird reports Code 3's on ABA Rarities Alerts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 12 hours ago, DLecy said: Willow Warbler, yes. the Turtle Dove and Common Cuckoo are code 4 and 3 respectively, I think. The fact that some species are regular in Alaska really skews the coding. Sure does! There are so many code 4s that have only ever been seen in Alaska! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 4 hours ago, chipperatl said: eBird reports Code 3's on ABA Rarities Alerts. Yea. I wish there was a variant that was code 4. But even then it’s not terribly useful since you get all the checklists for the same bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 On 6/2/2023 at 6:15 PM, Birds are cool said: Alright, so who's funding my trip to Alaska? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 4 hours ago, neilpa said: Yea. I wish there was a variant that was code 4. But even then it’s not terribly useful since you get all the checklists for the same bird. I'd prefer an ABA Continental that includes the Hawaiian birds that are now considered Code 2, but were 3 or higher before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Common Chaffinch in Newfoundland and Labrador! https://ebird.org/checklist/S140644255 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Yellow Grosbeak in Arizona! https://ebird.org/checklist/S140756960?view=photos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 2 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Yellow Grosbeak in Arizona! https://ebird.org/checklist/S140756960?view=photos How is that photo a five?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 1 hour ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: How is that photo a five?? Sometimes people will rate rare bird photos really high, even if they are very low. It's a three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: Sometimes people will rate rare bird photos really high, even if they are very low. It's a three. Yeah that always annoyed me because eBird clearly says ratings shouldn’t be influenced by rarity. Doesn’t matter that much but it still bugs me. Edited June 7 by Snake Fingers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 7 hours ago, Snake Fingers said: Yeah that always annoyed me because eBird clearly says ratings shouldn’t be influenced by rarity. Doesn’t matter that much but it still bugs me. Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 White-winged Tern in Nassau County, New York, this morning https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S140903753. On Long Island, in breeding plumage. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 1 hour ago, Peromyscus said: White-winged Tern in Nassau County, New York, this morning https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S140903753. On Long Island, in breeding plumage. OMG. And an Artic Term too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 5 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: OMG. And an Artic Term too! Ha! I didn't even notice that on the check list. The Collier County Large-billed Tern hasn't been reported today , though the Brevard County one has been. Two days ago I was looking at Southwest Airlines flights from Baltimore to Fort Myers airports, finding 2 iirc non-stop flights each day. My fantasy trip would have started today, and lasted through Saturday. I was not actually planning on going, but I thought I'd just see. I could definitely fly from Baltimore to Nassau County for the White-winged Tern (and Arctic Tern too). But, the WWTE wasn't reported after mid-morning to eBird. Of course it could come back tomorrow... But I'm not going after that bird either. (I have seen it and Arctic Tern about 3 or so times each in this country.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Little Stint in Santa Barbara!! @IKLland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, MichaelLong said: Little Stint in Santa Barbara!! @IKLland Thanks! That’s a little too far for me to go for a vagrant that will probably show up down closer to me this fall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Stellar's Sea Eagle in Alaska! https://ebird.org/checklist/S141049630?view=photos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Common Rosefinch in Alaska! https://ebird.org/ak/checklist/S141761318?view=photos Eurasian Hobby in Alaska!!!! https://ebird.org/checklist/S141757191?view=photos Dark-sided Flycatcher in Alaska! https://ebird.org/checklist/S141757025?view=photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Little Tern in Midway Islands https://ebird.org/checklist/S142390449?view=photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, Birds are cool said: Little Tern in Midway Islands https://ebird.org/checklist/S142390449?view=photos Two of them! Along with 5 Least Terns. And, a bird identified as Little/Least Tern Number observed: 1 Details One flighted chick Edited June 23 by Peromyscus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: Two of them! Along with 5 Least Terns. And, a bird identified as Little/Least Tern Number observed: 1 Details One flighted chick Yeah, I saw that! They added some more photos and the spuh later on. Edited June 23 by Birds are cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Holy Crap guys. Second ABA record!!! Lesser Whitethroat in Alaska! https://ebird.org/checklist/S142508920?view=photos https://ebird.org/checklist/S142518934?view=photos https://ebird.org/checklist/S142518901?view=photos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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