Maryland's Next #37th ???
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:53:31 -0400
This DOES NOT pertain to Maryland birds ... at least not yet <grin>.
But thought you might enjoy this too ...
Phil
>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:33:56 -0700
>Reply-To: Greg Lasley <glasley@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Sender: Audubon birding discussion list for Texas
> <TEXBIRDS@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG>
>From: Greg Lasley <glasley@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Subject: [TEXBIRDS] Another new species for Texas accepted
>To: TEXBIRDS@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
>
>Dear TexBirders:
>
>A few days ago I posted a message that Red-breasted Sapsucker had been
>accepted for Texas based on photographs of a bird near Waco in February
>1996. I have just compiled two more rounds of TBRC records which have
>resulted in one more new species being accepted for Texas, and the U.S.
>
>Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacorhyphus) is a South American species
>that is somewhat silimar to Mangrove Cuckoo, but has an entirely dark bill.
>In February 1986 a cuckoo was brought into a wildlife rehab center in
>Weslaco. The bird was alive, but in a weakened condition. It died a few
>days later. The rehab center labelled the bird as a Black-billed Cuckoo
>and it was placed in a freezer. That's where the story ends till 1994 when
>Dr. John O'Neill from LSU picked up a batch of frozen birds from the center
>and returned them to LSU. There, the staff was dumbfounded to find a
>Dark-billed Cuckoo. The bird was made into a study skin and extensively
>photographed. This material was turned over to the TBRC in 1995. There is
>a one-inch thick file on this bird, considerations about the likely-hood of
>a captive or man-assisted origin, various opinions, accounts, etc. After
>two rounds of votes, the record was accepted today by the TBRC. The
>species has a tendacy to wander and has shown up at least once in Mexico,
>once in Panama, and once in the Galapogos Islands. The record will now be
>forwarded to the ABA amd the AOU.
>
>Anyway, I thought that you might be interested in the latest addition to
>the Texas list.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Greg Lasley
>Secretary, Texas Bird Records Committee
> (Visit the TBRC at http://members.tripod.com/~tbrc/)
>Editor, Texas Region, ABA/Audubon Field Notes
>305 Loganberry Ct., Austin, TX 78745-6527
>Telephone: (512) 441-9686
>email: glasley@earthlink.net
>
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