Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:40:19 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: MD/DC Records Committee 2003 Skins Workshop Notes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed MD Osprey: Notes from the MD/DC Records Committee's March 2003 Skins Workshop are now available on the MD/DCRC web pages at the following URL: http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html Go to the "Skins Workshop Minutes and Reports" section and click on the "2003" link. The notes are formatted as a 10-page PDF document and include digital photos of some skins and our activities. The workshop was held at the US National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, DC. Species studied during this year's workshop include: a. Cave Swallow vs. immature Cliff Swallow b. Western Wood-Pewee vs. Eastern Wood-Pewee c. "Sennett's" Common Nighthawk vs. other forms d. Slaty-backed Gull e. immature "Common" (Mew) Gull vs. immature Ring-billed Gull f. Brant subspecies g. Chukar vs. Rock Partridge Phil =================================================== Phil Davis, Secretary MD/DC Records Committee 2549 Vale Court Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA 301-261-0184 mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html =================================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================