Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:02:43 -0600 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Western Grebe questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks Jim Stasz and I had a Western Grebe was in Kent County on 11/26/95. That was my last one. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saunders_N" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:38 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Western Grebe questions > Mark James asks: > > > A small question(s). Is the Western Grebe > > officially a new state bird for Maryland? > > I guess that would be the first one of 2002? > > How long ago was the last 'new bird'? > > No, it would not be a new state bird. Sightings have been reported from > Garrett, Montgomery, Howard, Baltimore, Kent, and Worcester Counties. If > these newest sightings are accepted they would be a new county record for > Queen Annes, apparently, unless there are prior sightings that aren't in the > latest Yellow Book. > > Dates of occurence are late November through early January, late April > through early May, and one sighting in mid-June. > > These are clearly the first sighting for 2002 in Maryland but I have no idea > when they were last seen in the state. Marshall? Mark? Bob? Any > responses on the dates? > > Regarding new species in general, I refer you to Marshall Iliff's wonderful > article on "The Next Ten Birds" which appeared in the latest issue of MD > Yellowthroat, the newsletter of the Maryland Ornithological Society. If > you're not a member look for the article on the MOS website at > www.mdbirds.org. Then become a member! > > Sightings of new state species do not become 'official' additions to the > list until they have been considered and accepted by the MD/DC Records > Committee, one of the more active committees of the MOS. There are likely 4 > or five species new to Maryland seen over the past few years that are still > being considered by the MDDCRC--Phil Davis, Secretary of the MDDCRC, can > give you a staggering amount of detail in response to that question. > > Best, > Norm > > ====================== > Norm Saunders > Colesville, Montgomery County, MD > marshhawk@att.net > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================