Re: NEW MD CHECKLIST: NONPASSERINES

rick (rblom@blazie.com)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:13:17 -0400


>Dear Rick,
>
>> Yellow-bellied Woodpecker       Sphyrapicus varius
>
>Thanks for the posting of the MD Checklist.  I scanned the list to check
>for changes in bird names.  Have I missed something urgent?  Have they
>decided to take the name "Sapsucker" away?  Does this change apply to all
>former-sapsuckers (since the West has several species)?

        Nope, it is sapsucker. Just the inevitable mistake of typing so
many names so fast. Sorry.

Rick

"Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
offensive."  Josephine Tey

Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland