[wisb] Checking early arrival records

From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:57:37 -0500
Repeating my message from a few weeks ago...
 
Okay - here's what I want everyone who hasn't already done this to do:  click 
on this link (http://www.wsobirds.org/) and bookmark it.  Better yet, add it to 
your Toolbar.
 
Now, look at the menu on the left side of the WSO homepage.  The first main 
link is "Birding News".  Click on that. Scroll down about halfway to "Bob 
Domagalski's  Bird Lists".  Now click on the fourth link under that heading - 
WSO "Indexed" Record Arrival/Departure Dates 
(http://www.wsobirds.org/arr_dep_2010b.html).  This has all of the records 
accepted through Fall 2009, and should help with some of the, um, "interesting" 
reports we've been getting lately.  The list is in WSO Checklist order - just 
click on a species name to jump directly to the records for it.
 
Should you find a rare species, or a common species anywhere close to record 
early or late, PLEASE submit documentation.  To do that, go back to the menu on 
the left side and click on "Research".  Halfway down that page, there is a link 
to "WSO Forms" - click that.  See the links for the Rare Bird Documentation 
forms (and be sure to save a copy of anything you submit electronically - as is 
noted, there have been occasional glitches.)  Be thorough - don't just say "I 
saw Species X on this date". Explain why you were sure it was Species X, and 
how you eliminated Species Y or Z from consideration.  If your documentation is 
rejected (believe me, it happens to some of the very best birders in the 
state,) don't take it personally.  Use it as a learning experience and make 
your next submission even better.
 
We now return to our previously scheduled migration... 
 
Peter Fissel 
List Monitor  
Madison WI 
 
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