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My final post for Halloween 2005, though not a photo, it's nonetheless amusing. The sheet was written by my 6-year-old daughter.
Butterfly
Checklist S25382595
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W.R. Jones - Minerals in Industry
Pelican Books A123, 1943
Cover Design: Edward Young
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A technician from the E-3A Component’s Aircraft Maintenance Squadron looks through a checklist during a phase inspection March 12, 2013, in Hangar I at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany. (NATO Photo by USAF Staff Sgt. R. Michael Longoria)
Print on a t-shirt for the star of your stag or stagette party and make them complete the whole list by the end of the night! You can also make up your own fun checklist
Penguin Classics
Penguin Books, ca 2001
Cover Art: Cachalot Fishery (detail), Lothrop Whaling Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Mass.
Photo by Mark Sexton
"Still the Definition of a Classic."
"The power of checklists; they make you rest with no guilt and let you know what you did." -Sherwette Mansour
Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana), Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26261902
At one time, the Oriental stork could be found in Japan, China, Korea and Russia. It is now extinct in Japan and the Korean peninsula. However, in May 2007 a hatchling was reported in Japan for the first time in 40 years in the wild. It was offspring of two storks who were bred in captivity. After breeding, the storks migrate to eastern China in September and return in March.
The Oriental stork is a solitary bird except during the breeding season. Its diet consists mainly of fish, frogs, insects, small birds and reptiles, as well as rodents. The female usually lays between two to six eggs.
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Larus glaucoides
Estatuto em Portugal: Acidental (in Guia de Aves de Portugal e da Europa – AssÃrio & Alvim)
ID
Pt: Gaivota-polar
Local: Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus hendersoni
Short-billed Dowitcher I found at Wenas Lake while I was cleaning up trash there.
Long & Short of it, it's likely Denny Granstrand falsified his checklist from August 12th at Wenas Lake in order to claim credit for my rare bird find. Here's an explanation:
[Edit 8/25: This morning on NPR's Weekend Edition, Ray Brown of Talkin' Birds suggested "Plirding": picking up (plastic) trash while you bird. Here's a link to that segment:
www.npr.org/2018/08/25/641835453/talkin-birds-the-damage-... ]
[Edit 1/2019: If Denny shared any photos on August 12th or 13th of a possible Short-billed Dowitcher at Wenas Lake, please let me know. Barring that, it seems he's lying about his claimed sighting of it on the 12th, in order to falsely claim credit for my find.]
I found this juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher at Wenas Lake on August 14th as I was doing trash cleanup. (Short-billed Dowitchers are rare here.) I took photos and continued with my cleanup. In my excitement, I sent off a phone photo of the image on the LCD of my camera that was of the wrong birdie -- the butt of a Killdeer in flight. Oops. Jeff caught my error immediately. He's good. He always calls it as he sees it. (To be clear, I did take and share photos of he Short-billed Dowitcher that day, but sending off the butt shot by mistake was just funny.) I phoned and emailed other birdwatcher friends, since I am blocked by Denny Granstrand from sharing my finds on BirdYak. BirdYak (a.k.a. BragYak) is Yakima County's bird listserve on Yahoo!, but Denny has control of it, and he censors discussion of birding ethics -- something I, and the American Birding Association think are a critical part of bird watching. He acts as though the ABA Code of Birding Ethics should not apply to him. Still, Denny publishes his friends' abuse of me on BragYak -- quite the gem he is.
The next day, August 15th, I did more trash cleanup and took more photos of the dowitchers. I sent a few photos to 3 duly-respected bird experts, asking them for identification help. They all responded helpfully. I learned something from each of them. All agreed it was a juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher -- rare in Washington away from the coast. Mike Roper took me back out to the lake, and we enjoyed great views of the shorebirds all around us. At one point the Short-billed Dowitcher flew, by itself, right around us, calling loudly as it did. I pointed its call to Mike and pointed out the bird to him as it flew, then showed him where it landed. Their call is a great way to distinguish them with certainty from similar looking Long-billed Dowitchers. Mike took some very nice photos. I also took more photos, adding to a couple thousand from earlier.
Yesterday, the 16th, I finished up my trash cleanup there on my third day of it. John Hebert joined me to watch the shorebirds, including the Long-billed and Short-billed with our binoculars and my Zeiss scope. As during my time with Mike the day before, we had very nice views of the birds feeding and resting, discussing the field marks as we watched and afterward, while we consulted The Shorebird Guide, by O'Brien, Crossley & Karlson, noting the field marks that fitted a hendersoni Short-billed Dowitcher. Respected shorebird expert and author Dennis Paulson had reviewed some photos I'd taken the second day, and described them as a being, "a fine juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher, and I would say without much doubt that because of the vivid and broad markings above it is the subspecies hendersoni that breeds in central Canada." John reported the Short-billed Dowitcher (as hendersoni subspecies) on eBird, including a GPS date/time/location stamped photo I took while he was there. John Hebert's checklist generated an immediate Rare Bird Alert on eBird for Yakima County.
So today (the next day) I receive two emails from good bird watching friends, that Denny Granstrand had just posted this on BragYak (BirdYak):
"Hi Yakkers, Last Sunday morning and this morning I photographed a Short-billed Dowitcher at Wenas Lake. Both mornings it was near the northeast section of the lake that is accessed at the entrance just before the campground. Photos can be seen at: (snip). There is very little mud at the lake. Thick vegetation is following the water as it receeds(sic). Here is the shortbird (sic) list from this morning: Killdeer - 19 Baird's Sandpiper - 3 Least Sandpiper - 2 Semipalmatedd (sic) Sandpiper - 1 Western Sandpiper - 6 Short-billed Dowitcher - 1 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 There was also one Great Egret. Denny Granstrand"
Denny made no mention of John Hebert's report, because John Hebert's report gave me credit for finding and sharing the find, and for the photograph.
ebird.org/view/checklist/S47890598
Denny dislikes me a lot. He can't stand to give me credit for my finds, even indirectly. It seems that Denny saw the rare bird alert yesterday, then went out to the lake this morning, took photos, changed his checklist from a week earlier, on the 12th, by adding a Short-billed Dowitcher and two photos that back-dated. PHOTOS HE HAD TAKEN A WEEK LATER. What a lying POS.
ebird.org/view/checklist/S47807319
Originally Denny Granstrand's report on the 12th from 9:35 - 11:30 a.m. included 2 Long-billed Dowitchers, no Short-billed, and no photos, and no mention of a possible Short-billed Dowitcher. He submitted his original checklist as "complete" -- so didn't leave wiggle room for a rarity that he was stashing away for a week. A checklist by Andy Stepniewski that same day, same place and from 10:05 - 12:43 (overlapping time)
ebird.org/view/checklist/S47808225
also identified 2 Long-billed Dowitchers. Andy submitted it as a "complete" checklist. No mention of a third dowitcher. No mention of a possible Short-billed Dowitcher. Perhaps long-time bird listing expert Andy had missed noticing the striking orange markings of this juvenile, despite how much they contrasted with the markings on the Long-billed Dowitcher alongside it? Andy missed Denny's new, extra dowitcher. Tricky D. The last time I checked, Andy had not yet falsified his checklist to be in cahoots with Denny. [Edit: I asked Andy why he would not call out Denny for his lying about this and other sightings. Andy refused to answer directly. Andy said different people bird differently. That's a shameful misdirect to cover for Denny.
Just prior to the 12th, on the 9th and 11th, I was at Wenas Lake bird watching and photographed 3 Long-billed Dowitchers. My photos all have GPS date/time/location embedded in them by my cameras. I often crop for composition, sometimes adjust overall image brightness. I never lie or alter my photographs or substitute photographs from a different time or place. On the 12th, during Denny's & Andy's visit, there certainly could have been a Short-billed Dowitcher, and one or two fewer Long-billed Dowitchers. Birds fly.
But not so long ago Denny had misidentified an accipiter, publishing his captioned photo in the Yakima Audubon Society's newsletter -- Calliope Crier -- in an online Adobe Acrobat file. Falconer Mike Roper and White-headed Woodpecker Biologist Jeff Kozma both sent Denny messages noting his apparent error. Instead of just saying oops, and correcting it, Denny removed the photo from the Adobe Acrobat file, replaced it with a very similar composition image -- this one of the correct species, and re-uploaded his altered file. Denny then sent an email back to Mike & Jeff:
"Hi Guys, I looked at the COHA photo in the Oct. Crier again. I checked the raptor book and compared photos. I really think the photo in the Crier is of a COHA. If you have time, please take another look: yakimaaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/10/Octo... Thanks, Denny"
Denny had altered the file, then lied to pull the wool over their eyes in his vain attempt to cover up his simple mistake. He just couldn't bring himself to simply admit he was wrong. That's exactly as Andy Stepniewski had described Denny to me a few years ago when we were discussing a bird that Denny had misidentified -- Denny is unwilling to admit when he's wrong. Andy is right. That's rather sad, especially since Denny described himself to the audience at a YVAS monthly meeting as a self-taught expert. Jeff wasn't tricked. Neither was I. I saved copies of both files.
It sure seems likely that Denny (a.k.a. Deny) Granstrand (a.k.a. grandstander) took photos this morning (Friday, August 17, 2018) of the Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers, then used those photos from today, adding them to his checklist from the 12th. Poof. Time travel. ... like a rug. Falsifying eBird data intentionally.
He has proven to me too many times that he cannot be trusted to be truthful or ethical.
As Yakima Audubon Society Board Member and Christmas Bird Count Coordinator for the Yakima count, Denny told me places to go for my route. When I scouted one, I found a bunch of No Trespassing signs, old and new. It was clear they wanted no trespassing, and had wanted no trespassing for a long time. I went to Denny and asked from whom I could get permission. He tried to get me to instead just trespass. I refused, despite his argument that that's how they always had done it, and despite him trying to temp me with the prospect of finding Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches there. I used the photo I'd taken of those No Trespassing signs and made it the contact image for Denny. Denny also described how he counted a pond outside of the Christmas Bird Count circle. When I created an online Google map of the count circle that included Denny's special extra-limital pond, Denny asked me to hide it. He wanted me to falsify the data. I did not.
Again, maybe this time Denny is actually telling the truth. I've edited checklists, both for birds I'd at first forgotten I'd seen, and for ones where I realized my initial identification was incorrect, or was rare and I didn't have enough good evidence to prove. When someone helps me with an identification or corrects my error, I note it in the eBird species description, so it can help others who might face similar challenges.
I have no doubt Denny could have made a simple, honest mistake of omission. It's a shame we'll probably never know. It's a shame he won't give due credit. He has lied enough to me and about me that I will always doubt his honesty. I doubt he'll ever change. He will probably always try to censor my discussion of bird watching ethics. Even if I were to get dementia, I doubt I'd ever decide that ethics aren't for me. I've no interest in joining the Trespasshole club.
If Denny proves he is telling the truth this time, I will note it here. If you know Denny, can you imagine that he'd keep quiet for 5 days about a Short-billed Dowitcher that he found?
Please always consider the sensitivity of birds, nearby humans, and the environment.
Recently I asked Scott Downes for an apology. He's one of a pair of competitive listers who tricked me into helping them cheat on their Big Day. The other lister, Luke Safford, has also not apologized. In response to my request for his apology, Scott admitted his wrongdoing, but said 'It doesn't matter anyway, because Eric and I beat that record.' Scott's response is Pathetic and inexcusable.
I wish that they and other problem listers would stop their dishonest and disingenuous arguments in defense of their bad and illegal habits. Once you're caught cheating on your Big Day, you're not morally qualified to do another. Leave that competition to decent folks. Perhaps as a state biologist and a preacher, Scott Downes & Luke Safford think they're exempted from ethical constraints while bird listing and while attacking me to try to cover their deeds.
Scott Downes also has never showed the photos he took that day of their claimed (relocated) Tricolored Blackbird. At first he claimed his photos "didn't turn out". At the time of his apology this summer, he changed his story again -- he claimed that he did not even have a camera with him during his invalid Big Day. That flies in the face of what Luke Safford said to me on the phone at Lateral C when they were looking at the claimed Tricolored Blackbird. Luke had phoned me from there. I'd asked him to call me when they'd quizzed me earlier in the day. I wanted to know so I could bring my wife down to see it if it had stuck around. Luke said that as we were speaking Scott was photographing the purported Tricolored Blackbird.
My guess is his photos that day showed that their claimed Tricolored Blackbird was not a Tricolored Blackbird -- if so, ironic since they'd cheated on their Big Day to "get" it. Scott volunteered that he would remove the Tricolored Blackbird from his list. I doubt he has. I also doubt that he has contacted Washington Birder (the Knittles) to finally acknowledge his & Luke's cheating & remove their illegitimate Big Day from the records. I think that Scott Downes' & Luke Safford's names should stay on the Big Day record books, with a zero quantity, and with the explanation that they were disqualified due to cheating.
To Yakima County's problem listers: Don't cheat on your Big Days. Stop pishing and using playback on rare and sensitive birds and in heavily birded areas. Give others credit for their finds. Don't lie and intentionally mislead to cover your misdeeds, misidentifications, and illegal birding practices. Slipping in a different photo when you screwed-up, inserting a photo you took on a later date to your eBird checklist, trying to get me to trespass for your Yakima CBC, blocking links to American Birding Association articles about birding ethics, hiding your trespassing, lying about your apology, using my Dad's death to take a stab at me -- shame on you.
Since bird listing is dominated by white males, it's sadly unsurprising that abusive behavior by them is accepted by their ranks.
Please Follow this Code and Distribute and Teach it to Others ABA Code of Birding Ethics.
[Edited 8/24 to remove Denny's nickname, Grandstander, and replace it with his proper last name, Granstrand. I don't recall who first told me his nickname is Grandstander.]
J.L. and Barbara Hammond - Lord Shaftesbury
Pelican Books A48, 1939
Cover Design: Edward Young
"Latest Penguins & Pelicans - January 1939 - March 1939"
Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela hoya), Tianliaoyang, Taiwan
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33496770
The crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range across the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and East Asia, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species.
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pictionid58258133 - catalogapollo 9 lunar module checklist - titlearray - filenameimg12960.jpg--Checklist that was onboard Apollo 9 for the Lunar Module Activation. Used and signed by crew members James McDivitt, David Scott, Rusty Schweickart.-- Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
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