Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:26:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Re: Shrimpy In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed MD Osprey: Just a clarification to Tyler's statement ... the MD/DC Records Committee accepted the Sandgates Kelp Gull without qualification, so the species is on the main MD checklist, not in the "ID OK/Questionable Origin" Section. (I'll be updating the web-based Official List soon!). So, there is no ignominy associated with Shrimpy any more than there might be with any vagrant species (for example, a Painted Bunting). The committee's decision on the Kelp Gull, including it's Maryland history, can be found here ... http://www.mdbirds.org/mddcrc/pdf/kegudec.pdf Hope this helps ... Phil At 13:36 03/12/2004 -0500, Tyler Bell wrote: >The Maryland/DC Records Committee recently accepted Shrimpy as the >first record of Kelp Gull in Maryland though the origin remains >uncertain. =================================================== 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================