[TN-Butterflies] Re: is this photo of sufficient quality to document a giant swallowtail in jackson county
- From: Avian Pursuits Nature Tours <naturetours@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:55:06 -0700 (PDT)
I do agree with accepting sight records submitted by certain persons and for
certain species (some should always have photo documentation). But.....which
persons and which species? Who would determine that, since I don't assume there
is a Tennessee Butterfly Records Committee like there is for birds?
Who would want to be the one to tell an individual that we won't be accepting
his or her sight records?
David Trently
Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
...come see the real world!
Knoxville, TN
http://avianpursuits.com/
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From: Rikki Hall <sourpersimmon@xxxxxxxxx>
To: birdsongteam@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 6:31:47 PM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: is this photo of sufficient quality to document a
giant swallowtail in jackson county
For decades, birders have been accepting/rejecting sightings based largely on
the reputation of the person who reports the sighting. I suspect we'd all
believe Steve saw something as unmistakable as a giant swallowtail even if he
didn't have a camera. As far as I'm concerned, an unfocused shot consistent
with
the ID is more than adequate.
Rikki Hall
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Steve Stedman <birdsongteam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The attached photo was all I could get before this big fellow took off and
disappeared.
>
>I am thinking it is just too poor a photo to document this swallowtail in
>Jackson County, but am wondering what others think should be done with it.
>
>Any candid thoughts welcome, shared or sent only to me.
>
>Thanks, Steve Stedman
>Cookeville (Putnam County)
>
>Note: I did obtain five better quality photos that documented Fiery Skipper,
>Little Glassywing, Dun Skipper, Little Yellow, and Gray Hairstreak in Jackson
>County; presumably these constitute FOY records as well. sjs
>
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