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From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Jackdaw in CT
Message-ID: <16049@oliveb.olivetti.com>
Date: 25 Feb 88 18:56:28 GMT
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Summary: accepted?

In article <489@picuxa.UUCP>, gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) writes:
> but if you looked carefully at all the crows,
> you would have found a Jackdaw.

	In a recent issue of Birding magazine, an article told a story of a
French ore carrier travelling to Quebec that picked up a flock of Jackdaws
south of England. About 30 to 50 birds exited the ship at Quebec and, I assume,
dispersed through the area. The article went on to say that a heated debate
would most likely occur concerning sightings ( human assisted and all that ).
With a flock of that size, I suppose that the establishment of a breeding
colony is a distinct possibility.

	I'd be very interested in what your state's rare bird commitee thinks
of this bird ( are they documenting it as a legitimate state record? ).

Good hunting,
Mike