Maryland Listers - As the active listers already know, I am the Maryland Ornithological Society "County List Compiler". It is closing in on the time to think about year-end list totals .. but, I need your help ... The county "max" numbers I have used for the last several years come from the 1996 edition of the "Yellow Book" and these numbers are rapidly becoming outdated. While there are some active local county listing programs, no one in the MOS keeps tabs (officially or unofficially) on these numbers on a state-wide basis, I would really like to have someone from each of the 23 counties, wherever possible, provide me, each year with your best estimate of the total number of species that have been found in your county. The counties that have active listing programs or active resident county listers probably already keep track of this data, but most counties are probably "uncovered". Here's a list of the counties and some suggestions of people that might like to "adopt a county". Remember, the only thing I need is an estimate each year of what the current number of species is that has been found in "your" county. Garrett Jim Stasz Allegany Ray Kiddy/Theresa Simon/Jim Paulus Washington Dave Weesner/Jim Stasz/Bob Ringler Frederick Michael Welsh/Paul O'Brien Carroll Bob Ringler/Dave Harvey Baltimore Peggy Bohanan/Deborah Terry/Steve Simon Harford Dave Webb/John Wortman/Rick Blom Cecil Gary Griffith/Marcia Watson-Whitmyer Kent Jim Stasz/Floyd Parks Queen Anne's Danny Poet/Jim Stasz/Rick Blom Caroline Ethel Engle/Marshall Iliff Talbot Richard Kleen/Don Meritt/Stephen Ford/Wayne Bell Dorchester Harry Armistead/Sam Dyke Wicomico Sam Dyke/Don&Carol Broderick/Elizabeth Pitney/Charlie Vaughn Worcester Mark Hoffman Somerset Dotty Mumford/Jim Stasz/Sam Dyke/Harry Armistead Saint Mary's Patty Craig/Kyle Rambo/Tyler Bell/Jane Kostenko Charles George Jett Calvert Jim Stasz Prince George's Fred Fallon/Peter Osenton Anne Arundel Marshall Iliff/Al Haury/Lynn Davidson Howard Jo Solem/Jane Coskren Montgomery Paul O'Brien/Norm Saunders/Sam Freiberg If you can help me on this, please reply via e-mail. The MOS Board Meeting is this Saturday (I won't be there), but maybe I can ask MOS President, Norm Saunders, to delegate any uncommitted counties to the local (or nearest) MOS chapter for "adoption". Thanks in advance. Phil Davis MOS County List Compiler ================================================ Phil Davis home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA ================================================