[Carthego delenda est]

“I’m a professional bird surveyor. In the field, I use mid-quality, mid-priced binoculars.”

Thank You! That there is the problem! Those mid-quality, mid-priced binoculars don’t allow you or your trainees to distinguish between the Willow Flycatcher and other variants, so then it gets marked on your score cards that there are not enough Willow Flycatchers. Then whole areas get closed down to farming and ranching to save a bird that would clearly be visible if you just upgraded your optics a bit! Lol!

[Flycatcher]

Lol.

And speaking of willow flycatchers, there may be a HUGE announcement regarding the endangered subspecies (southwestern willow flycatcher) of the Southwest. (Hint: recent genetic and morphology studies indicate that it may not be a race [subspecies] at all, but instead just an isolated breeding population of the common willow flycatcher.)

This could be big if decisions are made regarding this outlier population of WIFL.

_{But you didn't hear it from me...}