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New news is somewhat slow and I'm again hearing some grumbling among the ranks out there, so I'll pause a moment to persist in preaching the policy of patience with a capital P!! While solid definitive evidence remains elusive, there are continual rumors of either visual or auditory IBWO encounters out of Florida and S. Carolina, and M. Collins continues his endeavors in Louisiana as well. With Cornell's tight grip over news releases in Arkansas it is difficult to know exactly what if anything may be happening there until well after the fact. Searching also underway in Texas and Georgia. In short, IBWO buzz is on the increase (as would be expected this time of season) not the decrease, and come May we should have some better idea what all has been found this first search season. If some want to call it 'faith-based ornithology,' then hey, keep the faith folks! Amen...
On a completely unrelated but entertaining, upbeat note, deep in the jungle of Manhattan both Pale Male and Lola, and Pale Male Jr. and mate Charlotte (NY city's FAMOUS Red-tailed Hawks) are currently actively nesting high up in their concrete townhouses -- NOT something, by the way, that any PhD. ornithologist would've believed or predicted awhile back. ; - )
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4 comments:
If you're jonesing for 'news', the Sibley et al. article should be online tomorrow!
BTW, I use quotes around news because it ain't news of any sightings, not to denigrate the article. That will wait until after I read it. :)
I believe the Science issue is out on Fri. but maybe you're right that it will be available online tomorrow (Thur.) -- another rumor is that Cornell has a response in the same issue...
It will probably be at the following URL tomorrow (and yes, there will be a Cornell rebuttal too):
http://www.sciencemag.org/sciencexpress/recent.dtl
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