Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 01:52:35 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marshall Iliff Subject: Re: Common Snipe in DC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Phil, If we're going to be "splitting" hairs (snipes?), then I would point out that Common Snipe (G. gallinago) is also known from a Labrador specimen in Dec 1928 and also has a record from Bermuda. If it is identifiable in the field (it is not easy - Sibley gives some guidance on this, and there is a British Birds article dealing with a Wilson's Snipe on the Isles of Scilly), then Marylanders and DCers should watch for it. Best, Marshall > All: > > Remember, they were split this year ... it's now "Wilson's Snipe" > (Gallinago delicata) in most of North America ... Common Snipe (gallinago > gallinago) is now the Eurasian form and in North America has been found > only in the western Aleutians and Bering Sea islands of Alaska. > > Phil > *********************** Marshall Iliff miliff@aol.com Irvine, CA ************************ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================