[va-bird] Re: Sibley Hummingbird Comments

This has been interesting!  It reminds me of of a pelagic trip my son
and I took several years ago.  While out in the gulf stream, or near it,
some 50+ miles from land, on a pelagic trip with Brian Patteson we came
across a female Common Yellowthroat, clearly 50+ miles off course.  We
captured her and she was released when we returned. Someone, I don't
remember who, exclaimed that we had degraded the genetic trust!  We had
saved a bird that should not have survived!  Perhaps there is a lesson
here as it applies to wintering hummers.  I don't know!  Hopefully they
survive. But if they don't, whose fault is it?  It's not clear to me who
to blame.

Phil Merritt
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