Date: 10/20/25 6:25 pm From: Fawn Bowden <fawnda10...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: No sighting -- published article with photo by an Iowa birder
Congrats Linda! Great photo!
Fawn
Riverside
On Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 4:37:58 PM UTC-5 eaubrey wrote:
> The latest issue of Living Bird, the magazine of the Cornell Lab of
> Ornithology, includes a report on migration in South America. The report
> includes a beautiful photo of a Blackburnian Warbler that was taken by our
> own Linda Rudolph (a moderator of this group) on her trip to Colombia in
> 2023. Here is a link to the online article.
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> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/in-south-america-bird-migration-is-slow-and-steady/ >
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> For those interested, the online article includes a link to the study it
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> On eBird, Linda’s photo is rated the “best quality” photo of a
> Blackburnian Warbler seen in Colombia.
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> https://media.ebird.org/catalog?birdOnly=true&taxonCode=bkbwar&mediaType=photo&sort=rating_rank_desc®ionCode=CO >
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> While we can be justly proud of Linda, this study is a testament to how
> important eBird data and photos are to researchers. So thanks to all of
> you who put the time and expertise into your eBird checklists.
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> Elizabeth Aubrey
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> Iowa City
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