Re: MARYLAND'S NEXT TEN

Ed Boyd (edboyd@ccpl.carr.lib.md.us)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 16:40:44 -0400 

>9. WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD (with some El Nino hurricanes or a few more late
>August pelagic trips)
>Marshall Iliff
>miliff@aol.com
>
>
It is unlikely that this would show up as the result of an El Nino hurricane
as this phenomenon has the effect of diminishing the likelihood of Atlantic
hurricanes due to the shears that tear these systems apart. Hurricanes are
more likely to occur during non-El Nino years when the upper level winds are
not present to rip these storms apart before they form. With the La Nina
taking shape in the Pacific and quickly replacing the El Nino, will this
increase the risk this year?...

Ed Boyd
Finksburg, MD
<edboyd@ccpl.carr.lib.md.us>
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From: Miliff@aol.com <Miliff@aol.com>
To: mdosprey@ARI.Net <mdosprey@ARI.Net>
Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: MARYLAND'S NEXT TEN


>In a message dated 98-06-11 04:44:21 EDT, you write:
>
><<  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
>
>