At 07:32 PM 03/11/1998 -0500, Kevin Graff wrote: > Thanks for the information to Bay Bridge and Tunnel, I'll let you know >if I see anything out there during my Easter vacation, right now this >weekend i'm going to Rehoboth Beach to find Monk Parakeet for my #300 >lifelist. Kevin - As the saying goes ... "you can count anything you want on your lifelist" ... however, IF you plan to submit your lifelist totals to the ABA for publication, you should know that Monk Parakeets are not "countable" in Delaware (again, under the ABA "rules of engagement"). This is because the Delaware Records Committee has not accepted the species onto the official Delaware state list. Basically, they don't think the Sliver Lake population has demonstrated that it is sustainable. The ABA says the species is countable, but it defers to the states to determine in which locales it can be counted. There are only five states where this is the case: Florida, Texas, Rhode Island, New York, and Connecticut. Even the famous Hyde Park population in Chicago is not "countable". Again, don't let this "factoid" spoil you search. Phil ================================================ Phil Davis home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA ================================================