Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 07:21:42 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: John Hubbell Subject: DC Comp List, January 2002 The latest update of the DC Comp List is now available on the MOS web site. The list is up to 86 species, or 27.4% of the total list, thanks to recent contributions from: B. Abrams, K. Brittingham, G. Gough, R. Hilton, M. Paul, and P. Pisano. Last year in January, 85 species were reported. Although the total number of species reported last year and this year are comparable, there are some differences in the details. The following 12 birds were reported in January 2001 but have not been reported yet this year: Gadwall American Wigeon Greater Scaup Common Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Iceland Gull American Pipit Pine Warbler American Tree Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark This year, 13 birds were reported in January that were not reported until later in the year in 2001: Double-crested Cormorant Green-winged Teal Killdeer Common Snipe Glaucous Gull (not reported in 2001) Eastern Phoebe Brown Creeper Winter Wren Black-and-white Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Chipping Sparrow Common Grackle Purple Finch John Hubbell Chevy Chase, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================