Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 07:00:22 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fran Saunders Subject: MD and DC Comp Updates! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DC picked up three new species: 8/27 N. Shoveler Dave Czaplak Jones Pt 9/1 Tricolored Heron Paul Pisano Mouth of 4 Mile Run 9/6 Philadelphia Vireo Gail Mackiernan/Bill Dobbins Rock Creek Park Total is now 220 plus 1 possible new species, representing 70.7% of the DC List. MD added five new species: 8/27 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Marshall Iliff and Jim Stasz John Brown Road 9/2 Marbled Godwit Marshall Iliff and Jim Stasz Assateague 9/2 Hudsonian Godwit Gene Scarpulla Hart-Miller Island 9/3 Long-tailed Jaeger FONT Pelagic out of Lewes, DE Bridled Tern FONT Pelagic out of Lewes, DE Total stands at 328 plus four possible new species, and 79.2% of the State List. In case you're wondering, MD is a measly 2.4% away from its 1999 record. As always, thank you to all reporters and enjoy the birding! Fran Saunders MOS Web Site Director Silver Spring, MD http://www.MDBirds.org/ webmaster@MDBirds.org Silver Spring, MD ======================================================================== To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================== ==========================================================================