Hi phil and everyone I can not speak on this personaly, being 6 years old at
the time . But will check with Jan Reese In Talbot County if he knows
anything about it. He does Not have Email but I will call him . You also
may want to check with Chan Robbins He may know .
Danny Poet Queenstown Md
>From: Phil Davis <>
>Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>To:
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] RFI: The 1964 Kent Island, MD MacGillivrary's Warbler
>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:08:23 -0400
>
>MD Osprey (really, you "old timers"):
>
>I'm working on updating the MD/DC Records Committee database to
>synchronize it with published historical sightings ...
>
>Back on October 6, 1964 an apparent MacGillivray's Warbler was captured and
>banded on the eastern shore at Stevensville on Kent Island in Queen Anne's
>County, MD by Jane Church. This was a banding project under the "Operation
>Recovery" program. I have the banding sheet, however, apparently some of
>the other Operation Recovery records cannot be located. Back in 1995, I
>wrote Mrs. Church (who lived in AZ at the time) and she provided some
>additional written information; however, there was never enough of a
>description for the MD/DC Records Committee to review.
>
>I just re-read the file on this bird and I now see that Mrs. Church eludes
>to the fact that the bird may have been photographed; in fact, it looks
>like the bird's picture may even have appeared on the front page of the
>defunct Washington Evening Star newspaper. (The only reference I've found
>to an archive or newspaper morgue for the old Washington Star is on
>microfilm at the DC Public Library.) The only published reference in
>Maryland Birdlife was a mentioned of the bird in MB 22(1):17-22 in an
>article entitled, "1964 County Bird Lists" by Hank Kaestner, which
>presented the equivalent of our annual MD Osprey "comp" lists, but on a
>county-by-county basis (an interesting idea, heh?).
>
>This is a request for any information from anyone who may remember this
>bird or can any provide leads on further documentation. Feel free to
>respond privately or via the MD Osprey list ... some people may be
>interested in following this thread, if anything more comes to light.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Phil
>
>
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>Phil Davis, Secretary
>MD/DC Records Committee
>2549 Vale Court
>Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA
>301-261-0184
>mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
>MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html
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