Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sunybcs!dmark
From: dmark@sunybcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: What is rare?
Message-ID: <6972@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 10:36:45 EST
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.6972
Posted: Thu Dec  3 10:36:45 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 16:29:51 EST
References: <1822@leadsv.UUCP>
Sender: nobody@sunybcs.UUCP
Reply-To: dmark@joey.UUCP (David Mark)
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Geography
Lines: 26
Keywords: rare birds

In article <1822@leadsv.UUCP> chris@leadsv.UUCP (Chris Salander) writes:
>
>	How can you tell that a particular bird is not suppose to
>be in your area?   The bird books talk about general ranges.  But
>birds out of place seems to be a hot topic.
>	
>	Ex:  During this summer I saw at least two Northern
>Waterthrushes.  I though nothing of it, (other than "what a cute
>bird").  Then recently I started getting the local Audobon
>newsletter.  It in they site the discovery of a Northern Waterthrush
>as something exceptional and worth reporting.  (For our area).
>Is there an accumulated record of appearances?
>  

For California (as well as Oregon, Washington, B.C., and Alaska)
I recommend Don Roberson's excellent book "Rare Birds of the 
West Coast".  I don't know of an equivalent single source for the
rest of the country.  Roberson published the book himself.
I can look up the publisher information at home if there is
interest.

David Mark
geodmm@ubvms.BITNET
dmark@joey.cs.buffalo.edu
dmark@buffalo