Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 06:24:56 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Dave Kidwell Subject: Re: Bird Orders In-Reply-To: <20030209012854.89021.qmail@web12401.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The USDA has a web site: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) and can be found at www.itis.usda.gov While I am not sure I this is the 'end all' of taxonomic classification, I know that many researchers at PWRC use it as a reference. Dave Kidwell Annapolis, MD dkidwell@mindspring.com It did say all those birds are in the one order, Ciconiiformes. Cormorants and grebes and sandpipers? I checked it a few times to see if I was misreading it. All those birds are in one order, according to the Patuxent InfoCenter. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================