MARYLAND'S NEXT TEN
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 04:41:40 -0500
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:29:41 -0400
To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
From: rick@blazie.com (rick)
Subject: MARYLAND'S NEXT TEN
For almost a decade a few of us have played the game of predicting
the next ten birds that will show up in Maryland. This year, rather than
call a dozen people and ask them for their lists, I am posting mine on
Osprey in the hope that many of them will follow suit.
The following list does not include all the birds that are
legitimate candidates to be found. If there were regular pelagic trips
running out of Maryland, and if Gary Griffith's hummingbird network could
be extended to the entire state, it would be possible to make a reasonable
list made up of only seabirds and hummingbirds. If the Hart-Miller
impoundment was in coastal Worcester County it would be possible to make a
list of almost nothing but shorebirds. To some extent, this list reflects
not only patterns of bird vagrancy, but birder behavior.
I have tried to leave off all birds that have been reported but
not
ruled on by the MOSRC. It is possible that some of the birds may not be
accepted, in which case they would be worthy additions. The list:
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE [any day now]
WESTERN MEADOWLARK [there is probably one every year]
SHINY COWBIRD [not that I'm thrilled about it...]
BROWN BOOBY [will be found sitting on the 4th Street flats someday]
REDDISH EGRET [if more people birded Ocean City...]
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER [a Hart-Miller bird]
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD [keep those reports coming Gary]
BELL'S VIREO [overdue]
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE [probably overdue]
BAND-TAILED PIGEON [there are about 50 records east of the Mississippi and
the one quirky prediction I indulge myself in
every year]
Rick
"Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
offensive." Josephine Tey
Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland