Date:         Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:16:49 -0500
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From:         Brian MONK <monkdvm@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Netherlands Birding Trip
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Hi y'all!

I just returned from a trip to the Netherlands, and I got a little birdin=
g in!  I just wanted to tell someone who would appreciate it!  3 species =
of swan, 7 species of goose, 22 species of waterfowl overall!  BTW, does =
anyone know if the AOU split Common from Green-Winged Teal?  If so, what =
is the new specific name for Green-Winged?  Also, what is the latest on t=
he Bean Goose debate (rossicus (serrirostris) vs. fabalis), Brant (hrota =
vs. nigricans), and Bewick's vs. Tundra Swans?  I was also terribly excit=
ed to finally see a "real" House Sparrow, European Starling, and Mute Swa=
n!  Call me crazy.  Lastly, Common Gull and Mew Gull are not the same spe=
cies.  At least to an untravelled East Coaster.  The only other explanati=
on is that all gulls are the same species. My list follows:

12/28/01  Birded w/ Marc Kuiper and a benedictine father from Quebec who =
lives and teaches in Rome, named Herve.  Very windy and wet, with poor li=
ght for most of the day.

Great Crested Grebe
N. Fulmar (from the beach, with a hellacious offshore wind)
Great Cormorant
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Bewick's (Tundra) Swan
White-Fronted Goose (flavirostris)
Bean Goose (rossicus (serrirostris) & fabalis)
Pink-Footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose (I told marc to start killing them now)
Barnacle Goose
Brant (hrota)
Shelduck
Egyptian Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
N. Shoveller
Wigeon
Common Teal
Tufted Duck
Common Eider
Goldeneye
Smew
Common Merganser
Eurasian Coot
Northern (Hen) Harrier
Common Buzzard
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (The equivalent of our Cooper's Hawk)
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Pied Avocet
Northern Lapwing
Dunlin
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Eurasian Curlew
Ruff
Black-Headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull (argenteus & argentatus)
Gr. Black-Backed Gull
Black-Legged Kittiwake (same view with the Fulmar)
Little Gull
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Common Wood Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Sky Lark
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Firecrest (Heard but not seen)
Great Tit
Blue Tit
(Black-billed) Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Eurasian Starling
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch

1/1/02 Vondel Park, Amsterdam (Just the new species)
Rose-Ringed Parakeet (A large population resides in the park.  Quite dist=
urbing to have snow on the ground and a bright green tropical bird fly in=
to your field of view!)
(Winter) Wren
Robin (Amazingly bright orange bib!)
Long-Tailed Tit (A most beautiful bird that puts a chickadee to shame)
House Sparrow

1/3/02 Amsterdam Zoo (Just new species)
Eurasian Nuthatch



Brian Monk, DVM
Belcamp, MD

"I aspire to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am." P.J. O'Rourke

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