Bird list thread:
Google reverse image search found this photo in several places. Sorry folks it's a fraud.
Paul Sweet Collection Manager, Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024, USA T: 212 769 5780, C: 718 757 5941 ________________________________
From: ebirdsnyc@yahoogroups.com [ebirdsnyc@yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Paul R Sweet [sweet@amnh.org] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 8:36 PM To: Cranky Critic Cc: Karen Fung; Phil Jeffrey; ebirds NYC Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Craigslist/Calliope Hummingbird/Brooklyn
I know it does sound suspicious. Anyone do a google image search?
Paul Sweet Collection Manager Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 T. 212 769 5780 C. 718 757 5941
On Nov 25, 2013, at 8:34 PM, "Cranky Critic" > wrote: Please keep us informed! I can't believe it isn't a troll -- blood and roaches seems over the top.
On Monday, November 25, 2013 8:18 PM, Karen Fung > wrote: I believe it would be the third state record. Ben Cacace found a Calliope in Wagner Park in 2002; photos are here: http://kayeff.smugmug.com/Birds/Calliope-Hummingbird-Manhattan/2287322_xXczRr#!i=119526487&k=jtTkpz8 Best, Karen
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Paul R Sweet > wrote: Phil - if this proves to be a genuine post it would be the second state record after the Fort Tryon bird correct? I'm going to email now. I'm glad it's not the 1st of April! Paul Paul Sweet Collection Manager, Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024, USA T: 212 769 5780, C: 718 757 5941 ________________________________
From: ebirdsnyc@yahoogroups.com [ebirdsnyc@yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Paul R Sweet [sweet@amnh.org] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 6:45 PM To: Phil Jeffrey Cc: ebirds NYC Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Craigslist/Calliope Hummingbird/Brooklyn
Wow, yes we need to track this down. If anyone has reached out let me know. If I don't hear in 30 mins I will try.
Paul Paul Sweet Collection Manager Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 T. 212 769 5780 C. 718 757 5941
On Nov 25, 2013, at 5:48 PM, "Phil Jeffrey" > wrote: Hi, I was forwarded a Craigslist ad where someone said they had found a "bat", where the picture is an adult male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD. Can some Brooklyn birder reach out to this individual this ad: http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/laf/4203916312.html and see if the bird is by some miracle alive (rehab) or we can recover the body (records). Cheers Phil
taking "hummer" to another level.
- steve 11-22-2013 5:31 am
Ummm, why ?
- linda 11-22-2013 9:12 pm [add a comment]
Dunno, but don't knock it till you've tried it.
- steve 11-23-2013 12:49 am [add a comment]
There is a market for exotic species, though keeping hummingbirds can't be easy; maybe in a greenhouse… They're not nice birds, at any rate; pugnacious and competitive, the males fight each other trying to keep harems, the females are prone to dalliances even so.
- alex 11-23-2013 1:12 am [add a comment]
i didn't realize hummingbirds are exotic. our cat has killed 3 or 4 that i know about.
- linda 11-23-2013 2:41 am [add a comment]
It's ok. Alex hates them.
- bill 11-23-2013 2:51 am [add a comment]
I have been there, one on my great trips....
- Skinny 11-23-2013 2:49 pm [add a comment]
I don’t hate hummingbirds, I just think they take advantage of an undeserved reputation for being all sweetness and light.
Most of the species are in Central and South America, and no doubt there are collectors willing to pay for them. They don’t occur in the old world; Europeans must have been freaked out when they first saw them…
- alex 11-24-2013 4:34 pm [add a comment]
Alex, what a buzzkill.
- steve 11-24-2013 5:23 pm [add a comment]
Brutal. What a long, slow process. The thing about birds being dinosaurs really hit me when I saw the videos of pelicans eating other birds, whole. Killers with plumage.
- mark 11-26-2013 11:19 am [add a comment]
Hummer hoax.
- alex 11-26-2013 12:40 pm [add a comment]
Bird list thread:
Google reverse image search found this photo in several places. Sorry folks it's a fraud.
Paul Sweet Collection Manager, Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024, USA T: 212 769 5780, C: 718 757 5941 ________________________________
From: ebirdsnyc@yahoogroups.com [ebirdsnyc@yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Paul R Sweet [sweet@amnh.org] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 8:36 PM To: Cranky Critic Cc: Karen Fung; Phil Jeffrey; ebirds NYC Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] Craigslist/Calliope Hummingbird/Brooklyn
I know it does sound suspicious. Anyone do a google image search?
Paul Sweet Collection Manager Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 T. 212 769 5780 C. 718 757 5941
On Nov 25, 2013, at 8:34 PM, "Cranky Critic"> wrote: Please keep us informed! I can't believe it isn't a troll -- blood and roaches seems over the top.
- alex 11-26-2013 12:41 pm [add a comment]