Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 00:23:44 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Re: Status of Northern Shrike Comments: To: Robert Ringler In-Reply-To: <000001bf837b$ad3f8320$116396d1@oemcomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Bob - You are right. The committee did not actually use these words ("uncommon'" and "regular") in their deliberations. I editorialized ... and got it wrong. Thanks for the correction. Phil At 01:27 PM 02/28/2000 -0500, Robert Ringler wrote: >Phil, > I disagree with your statement that Northern Shrike is uncommon and > regular in Maryland. If this were the case then most birders would find > one in most years. This year's irruption, as you correctly phrased it, > proves my point. This was an exceptional year for Northern Shrikes in > the state, but only 11 were reported. Yet there are probably more good > observers in the field than ever before. This winter was certainly not > typical of the species' abundance and it remains rare and irregular in > the state. I agree that the total number of records to date permits > removing it from the list of species to be documented for the committee > but observers should continue to note if the birds are adults or > immatures for the record. ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================