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From: rising@utzoo.UUCP (Jim Rising)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: what is rare 
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Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 12:56:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  7 12:56:20 1987
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It is a problem knowning what is locally rare.  Really, you just have to learn
an area.  There are some publications that give seasonal reports, e.g.
AMERICAN BIRDS.  There is also a publ. by Amer. Birding Assn. and others 
that perhaps other netters will post.  Often just need local publications
and local experience.  E.g., Pine Warbler is a fairly common breeder in
pines in central Ontario, but quite uncommon in migration it seems to me.
 
--Jim Rising
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Name:   Jim Rising
Mail:   Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto
        Toronto, Ontario, Canada    M5S 1A1
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