Quite true, one needs to approach all extreme rarity reports with caution but I think it is better to put them out than to second-guess -- the Limpkin mess in 1985 (I think it was) comes to mind...
Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD
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From: "Jim Moore" <epiphenomenon9...>
To: "Gail B. Mackiernan %<3Ckatahdinss...>%3E" <katahdinss...>
Cc: <mdbirding...>
Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 1:44:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] eBird Gyrfalcon report
Thanks for the alert. I don't know the person reporting it, but
before everyone rushes to the location, I'll note there's really
nothing in the description that eliminates Peregrine Falcon, which I
saw on the Sugarloaf CBC Dec. 30 in Frederick County. Also, as I
recall, last report of Gyrfalcon in MD (a few years ago) turned out to
be a Red-shouldered Hawk--and it was by someone else who said they had
seen several Gyrs before.
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
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