The link in the photo to the McCauley Library at Cornell makes this report even
more suspect.
Is this
someone's idea of a prank?
The ebird range map at https://ebird.org/species/magfri shows past sightings in ;
Eastern New Mexico.
Maybe anything is possible, this sighting needs verification.
We, too, visited Caprock Canyon last month, a worthwhile trip, but no
Frigatebird.
Floyd Robertson
----- Original Message -----
From: WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 10/19/2020 3:02:46 PM
Subject: [leasbirds] Re: Caprock Canyon SP report
Is this thing verified? The photo appears to be a stock photo: it links to
Cornell.
I was there recently, but didn't
see any frigate bird. I was too busy looking at the flamingos.
Seriously, though, do we have a sense that this is on the level?
I'm not ebird so I don't know how that works.
Bill Wenthe
On Monday, October 19, 2020, 01:59:15 PM CDT, Brad Shine <sonofshine@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
A VERY interesting report from this past Saturday. A female MAGNIFICENT
FRIGATEBIRD was reported at Lake Theo at Caprock Canyon SP. No further details.
just wanted to give people a heads up and look at those playas
https://ebird.org/checklist/S75096401?fbclid=IwAR1j0fcaR2M3Ar6oeBVOhl6JXMXObouPjno0yLyznyeWZ_kH57_q7D3I7eo
Brad Shine
