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From: dune@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Greg Pasquariello)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: vagrants
Message-ID: <1808@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Date: 8 Sep 89 14:02:15 GMT
References: <47610@oliveb.olivetti.com>
Reply-To: dune@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Greg Pasquariello)
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In article <47610@oliveb.olivetti.com> mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) writes:
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>	On Tuesday I called the Rare Bird Alert to record the weekly
>summary and find out what had been seen on the previous weekend. The
>problem with finding out on Tuesday what had been seen on the weekend
>is that if I wanted to see some vagrant, I would probably have to wait
>for the following weekend. Sometimes the wait can be excrutiating. Will

[ good story deleted ]

How are you doing percentage-wise with chasing vagrants.  I am about 50%,
of birds chased versus birds seen, and I consider that a tremendously good
percentage.  Mostly, it's been shear luck, and the fact that I have one
reliable connection. 


Greg Pasquariello
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