Hi everyone:
We had a spate (sorry, I couldn't top "absquatulate") of reviewable
species in the aftermath of Sandy. So, let's review the biding ...
The following assessments are all based on the MD/DCRC Maryland
Review List, found here ...
http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/mdreview.pdf ... and MD Birding emails:
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1. Pomarine Jaegers: MD/DCRC Review Category 4B: Species seen in
locations other than over the ocean, coastal Worcester County, in
major Chesapeake Bay tributaries, or
along the Potomac River south of Prince George's County. Therefore,
At Lapidum - Not reviewable (37 birds)
At Conowingo - Not reviewable (2 birds)
Chesapeake Bay - North Point/Sandy Point/etc. - Not reviewable
Potomac River in Prince George's County - Reviewable. I think we need
to treat the two, below, as separate records ...
National Harbor - Mikey Lutmerding. Photos, documentation?
Piscataway - Rob Ostrowski. Photos, documentation?
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2. Leach's Storm-Petrel: MD/DCRC Review Category 4A: Species seen in
locations other than coastal Worcester County or over the ocean. Therefore,
At Conowingo - two to three birds (10/30 and 10/31) - Reviewable.
Found by Iliff. Documentation already provided by Hafner (two video
clips), McCandless (1 digital image). Is other documentation
forthcoming? Reports, photos, videos?
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3. Arctic Tern: MD/DCRC Review Category 2: Reviewable anywhere in
Maryland. Therefore,
At Violettes Lock - Reviewable. Found by Dave Czaplak. Others? Any
photos or documentation?
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4. Black Skimmer: MD/DCRC Review Category 4C: Species seen west of
the Coastal Plain, except along the Susquehanna River. Therefore,
At Ladium and Sandy Point - not reviewable.
At Violettes Lock - Reviewable. Found by Dave Czaplak, also seen by
Andy Martin, et al.? Any documentation?
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5. Black-headed Gull: MD/DCRC Review Category 4C: Species seen west
of the Coastal Plain, except along the Susquehanna River. Therefore,
At White Marsh - Reviewable. Found by Russ Ruffing (digital image
already provided). (This one may not be hurricane related and may
stay around for a while to provide other documentation opportunities,
if history is prescient.)
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Please let me know if I got any of this wrong ...
(Post-hurricane bird reports are so much fun!)
Negative response are very helpful to me since they allow me to close
out the tasks of tracking down documentation.
Thanks.
Phil
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Phil Davis, Secretary
MD/DC Records Committee
2549 Vale Court
Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA
301-261-0184
mailto:<PDavis...>
MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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