[CALBIRDS] CBRC review and request for documentation
From: Thomas Benson tbenson@… [CALBIRDS] <CALBIRDS-noreply@…>
Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 3:54 PM
Subject: [CALBIRDS] CBRC review and request for documentation
To: calbirds@… <calbirds@…>
California birders,
This has been a record year for boobies off the California coast. The California Bird Records Committee (CBRC) will begin reviewing the following records in mid November.
Despite the fact that many of these birds were well seen and photographed, we have little or no documentation for most of these records. If you have any documentation to submit for these records, please do so as soon as possible. Feel free to forward this
request to local listservs as appropriate. Thank you.
Tom
Thomas A. Benson
Secretary, California Bird Records Committee
MASKED BOOBY
2018-098 17 Aug 2018 Approx. 42.8 km W of Pt. Loma SD
2018-099 19 Aug 2018 Thirty Mile Bank SD
2018-107 24 Aug 2018 Approx. 4.1 km WNW of Pt. Pinos MTY
2018-108 25 Aug 2018 Approx. 9.5 km W of San Clemente Island LA
2018-139 6 Sep 2018 Cortes Basin LA
2018-160 25 Sep-2 Oct 2018 Anacapa Island VEN
NAZCA BOOBY
2018-101 5 Jul 2018 Approx. 8 km SW of SE Farallon Island SF
2018-081 15 Jul 2018 Approx. 10.5 km SW of Sutil Rock SBA
2018-077 15 Jul 2018 Anacapa Island VEN
2018-084 19 Jul 2018 Approx. 4 km SE of Pt. Fermin LA
2018-088 6-7 Aug 2018 County Line Beach VEN & Leo Carillo State Beach LA
2018-089 10 Aug 2018 10.5 km W of San Diego River mouth SD
2018-100 19-23 Aug 2018 Los Angeles Harbor LA
2018-105 20 Aug 2018 Approx. 16.3 km WSW of Dana Point Headlands ORA
2018-116 28 Aug 2018 Approx. 12 km off San Diego SD
2018-114 29 Aug-4 Sep 2018 Sutil Rock SBA
2018-136 4 Sep 2018 Condor Bank SBA
2018-137 5 Sep 2018 Rodriguez Dome SBA
2018-138 7 Sep 2018 near San Clemente Island LA
2018-132 8 Sep 2018 Los Angeles Harbor LA
2018-159 23 Sep 2018 Nine Mile Bank SD
2018-177 6 Oct 2018 near Santa Barbara Island SBA
MASKED/NAZCA BOOBY
2018-104 29 Jun 2018 Estero Bay SLO
2018-102 8 Jul 2018 Approx. 27.8 km WSW of Bodega Head SON
2018-087 1 Aug 2018 Farallon Escarpment SF
2018-106 22 Aug 2018 Approx. 4 km S of Pt. Fermin LA
2018-115 29 Aug 2018 Tijuana River mouth SD
2018-117 31 Aug 2018 Santa Monica Bay LA
2018-149 13 Sep 2018 Platform Eureka ORA (2)
6 Oct 2018 Platform Ellen ORA (record number not yet assigned)
RED-FOOTED BOOBY
2018-085 23 Jul 2018 Approx. 6 km WSW of Dana Point Headlands ORA
2018-090 9-10 Aug 2018 Mission Bay SD
2018-091 9 Aug 2018 Approx. 17.5 km offshore from San Diego River mouth SD
2018-092 12 Aug 2018 Approx. 10 km SW of Huntington Beach Pier ORA
2018-093 12-13 Aug 2018 Moss Landing MTY
2018-094 17 Aug 2018 Mugu Rock and Santa Barbara Channel VEN
2018-095 17 Aug 2018 Approx. 48 km W of La Jolla
2018-096 18-21 Aug 2018 Pt. Loma SD
2018-097 19 Aug 2018 Approx. 45 km WSW of La Jolla
2018-109 25 Aug 2018 Approx. 10.4 km S of Newport Pier ORA
2018-110 25 Aug 2018 Pt. Pinos MTY
2018-111 25 Aug 2018 Approx. 4 km WNW of San Clemente Island LA
2018-112 26 Aug 2018 Imperial Beach SD
2018-113 29 Aug 2018 near Santa Barbara Island SBA
2018-127 1 Sep 2018 Approx. 12 km SW of Huntington Beach Pier ORA
2018-133 1-9 Sep 2018 Oceanside Pier SD
2018-126 3 Sep 2018 Approx. 19 km SW of Huntington Beach Pier ORA
2018-134 3 Sep 2018 Offshore San Diego County SD
2018-135 4 Sep 2018 near Santa Barbara Island SBA
2018-125 5 Sep 2018 Southeast Farallon Island SF
2018-150 17 Sep 2018 Los Angeles Harbor LA
2018-153 18 Sep 2018 Seacliff State Beach SCZ
2018-164 29 Sep 2018 Platform Eureka ORA
2018-168 30 Sep 2018 Approx. 30 km SSW of Four Mile Beach SCZ
2018-178 6 Oct 2018 near Anacapa Island VEN
2018-179 7 Oct 2018 Don Edwards NWR ALA
6 Oct 2018 Platform Eureka ORA (record number not yet assigned)
What kind of documentation should one submit to the CBRC? Following are some guidelines for submitting media and written descriptions that will be useful for helping the
CBRC evaluate records and archive documentation. Documentation may be submitted directly to the secretary via email (secretary@…) , or by using the online
submission form (http://www.californiabirds.org/report_sighting.html).
Media: This includes photos, audio recordings, and video. Photographs are usually the most useful documentation for evaluating records. If you have reasonably good (=identifiable)
photos, please submit them. If possible, please crop the photos before submission so that the bird fills most of the frame. Also, please send originals whenever possible, and not screenshots or back-of-camera photos. How many photos should you submit? That
really depends on the record. If it is a long-staying rarity that is easily identifiable and seen by dozens of people, then a few photos (1-3 per person) are sufficient. If it is a mega-rarity that is difficult to identify and only seen by a one or few people,
then send as many photos as possible that show the bird at different angles, postures, lighting, etc. Sometimes it is also useful to submit audio and/or video recordings of the bird, as some birds are more easily identified by their vocalizations. If relatively
short, most audio recordings are small enough to be submitted via email; please submit those along with a brief note indicating the date and location of the recording. Large audio files and video files can be submitted by using a file sharing service; please
contact the secretary if you need to submit a file that is too large for email.
Written descriptions: Some written details should always be provided – even the best photos should be accompanied by the name of the observer, the date, and the location,
at a minimum. Sometimes a photo can’t be obtained or vocalizations can’t be recorded. In some cases, behaviors might be noted in the field that aren’t preserved well by photos. In these cases, it is helpful to submit a written description of the bird. Ideally,
this description should be written as soon after observing the bird as possible; it is often helpful to make written notes in the field, or even dictate notes into the voice recorder on your smartphone while observing the bird, from which you can later generate
a written description. The most important aspect of a written description is that you report only what you observed, and not a general description of the bird from a field guide. At a minimum, your description should include the date and location of the observation,
and a description of the bird (size and structure, plumage, vocalizations, behavior). A brief discussion of how the bird was identified, and how similar species were eliminated is also helpful. Other useful information you might report includes optics used,
distance from bird, lighting or weather conditions, length of time viewed, and other observers present.
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