1st Round Voting Comments

Record #: 9-B-05

Red-throated Loon

1st Round: 6-1
2nd Round: 7-0
ACCEPT

1st Round
(6 Accept, 1 Reject)

2nd Round
(7 Accept, 0 Reject)

Shirley Sturts -- Accept

Well documented by an experienced observer

07-05-2007.
Sturts -- Accept

I'm staying with my first vote for the same reasons.

Chuck Trost -- Accept

Careful observers, and good description.

08-07-2007.
chuck trost -- Accept

Good description. It seems to me that this detailed of a description written so long after the sighting must have come from field notes.

Cliff Weisse -- Accept

[no comments]

7/8/07.
Cliff Weisse -- Accept

Field Marks included in report are consistent with the identification of Red-throated Loon.

Dave Trochlell -- Accept

An excellent description of a juvenile Red-throated Loon.

07-12-2007.
Dave Trochlell -- Accept

As before, I have every confidence in the veracity of this report.

Carlisle -- Accept

Manner in which the bill was held not noted but other critical field marks noted.

7-10-07.
Carlisle -- Accept

several important field marks noted

dumroese -- Reject, specific identification not established

I think this report describes a juvy RTLO. I'm confident that Cliff saw what he saw. I'm rejecting only because this was a report written about 18 mo after the sighting, and there isn't any mention in the report if this was from memory or notes taken at the time. I tend to more critical and harsh on "late" submissions because memory is a quirky thing. And although I can recall particular birds in particular places quite well (at least in my opinion), I'm sure the details are fading. I think for reports submitted by IBRC members, we have to ascend to a "higher" level, lest we suggest rubber-stamping records as "good ol boys."

11 August 2007.
Hardy -- Accept

[Comments Not Available]

Charles Swift -- Accept

Excellent description.

7/29/07.
Charles Swift -- Accept

No additional comments.