MD County List Max Numbers - Help Needed

Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 08 Sep 1998 02:37:23 -0400


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becoming outdated.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



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