Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 01:17:12 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: DC "State" Birds Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed All - Two excellent DC birds were reported this weekend that currently are not on the official DC list: Greater White-fronted Goose (1/6-7). Although not reviewable in MD, this species has never been formally reported before in DC . A detailed written description has been submitted, however, additional reports and photos or videos would be welcome. This has been assigned control number DC/2001-002. Thayer's Gull (1/7). This species has never been accepted onto the DC list. There is, currently, one other Thayer's Gull report, including photos, awaiting review by the MD/DC Records Committee. However, due to the problems of species/subspecies separation, with Kumlien's (Iceland) Gull the committee has "held off" on Thayer's Gulls, pending an expected lumping by the AOU of Thayer's and Kumlein's. This lumping has not yet occurred ... and may not materialize. In MD, the committee did review a juvenile Thayer's Gull report and accepted it for the state list. (Juveniles are easier to separate than adults). The current status of Thayer's Gull in MD is that it is not reviewable in the coastal plain or the piedmont--but it is reviewable in western MD. Regardless, written reports, photos, or videos of Thayer's Gulls in DC would be appreciated by the committee. Thanks. Phil =================================================== Phil Davis, Secretary MD/DC Records Committee 2549 Vale Court Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA 301-261-0184 mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html =================================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================